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C182 sufferd an near midair collision with a piper arrow while practicing a search grid adjacent to an airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 838658 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 1100 Flight Crew Type 340 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 150 Vertical 150 |
Narrative:
We were on a practice search mission using a grid search pattern heading southwest at approximately 1200 ft AGL; when an aircraft passed overhead. From later conversations; it was a piper arrow that had just departed a nearby airport. We were monitoring 123.0; and were being flight followed by approach control. We heard no calls from the other aircraft; although the individual at the FBO states that the other aircraft made all the appropriate calls. We subsequently landed at the airport; making calls as appropriate in the pattern. No responses were heard from the FBO operator; however another aircraft departing our landing runway after we landed was heard calling his departure; and responded to our radio; so we were on the right frequency. A couple of comments: 123.0 is very busy in that area. Frequent simultaneous transmissions occur. It may have been that the calls from the arrow were blocked by other calls in the area. It would be very helpful to provide more frequencies for CTAF calls.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C182 sufferd an NMAC with a Piper Arrow while practicing a search grid adjacent to an airport.
Narrative: We were on a practice search mission using a grid search pattern heading southwest at approximately 1200 FT AGL; when an aircraft passed overhead. From later conversations; it was a Piper Arrow that had just departed a nearby airport. We were monitoring 123.0; and were being flight followed by approach control. We heard no calls from the other aircraft; although the individual at the FBO states that the other aircraft made all the appropriate calls. We subsequently landed at the airport; making calls as appropriate in the pattern. No responses were heard from the FBO operator; however another aircraft departing our landing runway after we landed was heard calling his departure; and responded to our radio; so we were on the right frequency. A couple of comments: 123.0 is very busy in that area. Frequent simultaneous transmissions occur. It may have been that the calls from the Arrow were blocked by other calls in the area. It would be very helpful to provide more frequencies for CTAF calls.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.