A pilot in a C337 reported an near midair collision at lro (a non-tower airport) when the other airc...

Attributes
ACN	925367
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LRO.Airport
State Reference	SC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 337 Super Skymaster
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 450 Flight Crew Type 70
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 150 Vertical 0

Narrative:

We were entering pattern at lro. Other aircraft called six miles out when in reality they were only four. We made our call at five miles out referencing the distance on our GPS. Other aircraft was ahead and to our left; and upon hearing our call; proceeded to make a level turn to the right. I believe the pilot thought he was behind us and was maneuvering to provide us with more separation. In doing so he turned into our direction of flight and passed directly behind our plane at a distance of no greater than 150 feet. The pilot flying in our plane did not make any evasive actions nor did he try to communicate with the other aircraft. I do not know if the other aircraft ever saw us. I believe contributing factors to the situation were: 1) poor radio communication/garbled transmissions. 2) non standard pattern entry executed by both aircraft. 3) failure to maintain proper separation from the other aircraft. 4) ineffective communication between me and the pilot flying.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot in a C337 reported an NMAC at LRO (a non-tower airport) when the other aircraft appeared to be unclear as to his actual position.

Narrative: We were entering pattern at LRO. Other aircraft called six miles out when in reality they were only four. We made our call at five miles out referencing the distance on our GPS. Other aircraft was ahead and to our left; and upon hearing our call; proceeded to make a level turn to the right. I believe the pilot thought he was behind us and was maneuvering to provide us with more separation. In doing so he turned into our direction of flight and passed directly behind our plane at a distance of no greater than 150 feet. The pilot flying in our plane did not make any evasive actions nor did he try to communicate with the other aircraft. I do not know if the other aircraft ever saw us. I believe contributing factors to the situation were: 1) Poor radio communication/garbled transmissions. 2) Non standard Pattern entry executed by both aircraft. 3) Failure to maintain proper separation from the other aircraft. 4) Ineffective communication between me and the pilot flying.

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.

A pilot in a C337 reported an near midair collision at lro (a non-tower airport) when the other aircraft appeared to be unclear as to his actual position.