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A C172 pilot was pleased to have had the assistance of flight following when they provided a traffic advisory that triggered appropriate avoidance action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 880704 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 95 Flight Crew Total 465 Flight Crew Type 225 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 |
Narrative:
After an uneventful touch and go; we departed the class D to the north northeast. We checked on with approach control for flight following. We were cruising at 3;500 feet on a northeasterly course. We were given a traffic advisory of an aircraft that had just departed from a nearby airport; flying northwest. The traffic was instructed to maintain 3000 feet until we were no factor. Soon after; another voice came on the approach frequency; and gave us a traffic alert to another aircraft; who was 1 mile away; at our altitude; and opposite direction. Immediately after this radio call; the same second voice came over; reissued the traffic to us; and instructed us to continue our turn. In the turn; I found the traffic; and kept a northwest course to keep separation from the traffic. I estimate the traffic passed off our right wing about 300 feet from us. Soon after; we were instructed to turn back on course. The traffic was a low wing aircraft; I am not sure as to the make or model. The weather was clear; about 25 miles visibility; and no ceiling. There was a small amount of haze; the haze was an issue with seeing the traffic. I am very glad I was using flight following.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C172 pilot was pleased to have had the assistance of flight following when they provided a traffic advisory that triggered appropriate avoidance action.
Narrative: After an uneventful touch and go; we departed the Class D to the north northeast. We checked on with approach control for flight following. We were cruising at 3;500 feet on a northeasterly course. We were given a traffic advisory of an aircraft that had just departed from a nearby airport; flying northwest. The traffic was instructed to maintain 3000 feet until we were no factor. Soon after; another voice came on the approach frequency; and gave us a traffic alert to another aircraft; who was 1 mile away; at our altitude; and opposite direction. Immediately after this radio call; the same second voice came over; reissued the traffic to us; and instructed us to continue our turn. In the turn; I found the traffic; and kept a northwest course to keep separation from the traffic. I estimate the traffic passed off our right wing about 300 feet from us. Soon after; we were instructed to turn back on course. The traffic was a low wing aircraft; I am not sure as to the make or model. The weather was clear; about 25 miles visibility; and no ceiling. There was a small amount of haze; the haze was an issue with seeing the traffic. I am very glad I was using flight following.
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.