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A PA28 student pilot on his first solo was surprised by a cirrus descending over him to land on the runway for which he had been cleared to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 922666 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201012 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DVT.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cirrus Aircraft Undifferentiated |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 30 Flight Crew Type 30 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 10 |
Narrative:
I was flying my first solo. While attempting the third full stop landing; the near miss happened. I got a landing clearance to land on runway 7R while I was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern and I began the final descent to landing as normal. While on base leg I visually checked final to make sure that there were no conflicts. Everything was fine until I approached the runway. While on short final; just prior to the displaced threshold at an altitude of approximately 30 AGL; a cirrus flew over the top of me and landed on 7R. I believe the separation to be about 10 ft vertically.I received no warning or advisory from the tower regarding the traffic; I executed a go around procedure and announced to tower that I was 'going around.' at this time the aircraft started to become unstable; possibly due to the cirrus' wake turbulence. The right wing dropped; but I was able to regain control and perform the go around. I re-entered the traffic pattern and made a normal full stop landing with no issues. After clearing the runway; tower thanked me for going around and they said that the traffic 'shouldn't have been there.' that was the first mention of the cirrus to me by ATC. I received a taxi clearance back to the ramp to stop the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA28 student pilot on his first solo was surprised by a Cirrus descending over him to land on the runway for which he had been cleared to land.
Narrative: I was flying my first solo. While attempting the third full stop landing; the near miss happened. I got a landing clearance to land on Runway 7R while I was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern and I began the final descent to landing as normal. While on base leg I visually checked final to make sure that there were no conflicts. Everything was fine until I approached the runway. While on short final; just prior to the displaced threshold at an altitude of approximately 30 AGL; a Cirrus flew over the top of me and landed on 7R. I believe the separation to be about 10 FT vertically.I received no warning or advisory from the Tower regarding the traffic; I executed a go around procedure and announced to Tower that I was 'going around.' At this time the aircraft started to become unstable; possibly due to the Cirrus' wake turbulence. The right wing dropped; but I was able to regain control and perform the go around. I re-entered the traffic pattern and made a normal full stop landing with no issues. After clearing the runway; Tower thanked me for going around and they said that the traffic 'shouldn't have been there.' That was the first mention of the Cirrus to me by ATC. I received a taxi clearance back to the ramp to stop the flight.
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.