Experimental RV6 pilot and a cessna had an airborne conflict in class G airspace over water near sho...

Attributes
ACN	614577
Time
Date	200404
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : acy.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl single value : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : acy.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic enroute other
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : acy.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : enroute altitude change
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic enroute other
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1650 flight time type : 275
ASRS Report	614577
Person 2
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Miss Distance	horizontal : 500 vertical : 50
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Proceeding north 1 mi off coastline, 1000 ft MSL. Saw underside of cessna taking a climbing left turn to avoid a collision. No time for me to react. Could clearly see undercarriage. Cessna appeared to be roughly perpendicular to my flight path. I was surprised to have any traffic coming from that direction, since it is open ocean and I was not near an airport traffic pattern. I was scanning heavily to the front, expecting other traffic to be also paralleling the coast. Also scanning from the coast, expecting other traffic from the mainland to turn and parallel the coast. Perhaps the cessna was further offshore than I was and this was part of returning onshore. In the future, I will definitely be more careful about including even 'unlikely' segments of the sky in my scan. Positive factors: I have wingtip strobes, which were probably highly visible to the other pilot. Also, my plane though small is almost all polish aluminum which might have caught a sun 'glint' and been visible to the other pilot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EXPERIMENTAL RV6 PLT AND A CESSNA HAD AN AIRBORNE CONFLICT IN CLASS G AIRSPACE OVER WATER NEAR SHORE.

Narrative: PROCEEDING N 1 MI OFF COASTLINE, 1000 FT MSL. SAW UNDERSIDE OF CESSNA TAKING A CLBING L TURN TO AVOID A COLLISION. NO TIME FOR ME TO REACT. COULD CLRLY SEE UNDERCARRIAGE. CESSNA APPEARED TO BE ROUGHLY PERPENDICULAR TO MY FLT PATH. I WAS SURPRISED TO HAVE ANY TFC COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION, SINCE IT IS OPEN OCEAN AND I WAS NOT NEAR AN ARPT TFC PATTERN. I WAS SCANNING HEAVILY TO THE FRONT, EXPECTING OTHER TFC TO BE ALSO PARALLELING THE COAST. ALSO SCANNING FROM THE COAST, EXPECTING OTHER TFC FROM THE MAINLAND TO TURN AND PARALLEL THE COAST. PERHAPS THE CESSNA WAS FURTHER OFFSHORE THAN I WAS AND THIS WAS PART OF RETURNING ONSHORE. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL DEFINITELY BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT INCLUDING EVEN 'UNLIKELY' SEGMENTS OF THE SKY IN MY SCAN. POSITIVE FACTORS: I HAVE WINGTIP STROBES, WHICH WERE PROBABLY HIGHLY VISIBLE TO THE OTHER PLT. ALSO, MY PLANE THOUGH SMALL IS ALMOST ALL POLISH ALUMINUM WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT A SUN 'GLINT' AND BEEN VISIBLE TO THE OTHER PLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Experimental RV6 pilot and a cessna had an airborne conflict in class G airspace over water near shore.