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C172 instructor pilot experiences confusion when instructed by the tower to follow a cessna which is following a citation. Believing he is number two; the early base turn results in a near midair collision with the preceding cessna and results in that cessna going around.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 926220 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201101 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 720 Flight Crew Type 300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 400 Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
We were on a right downwind for the runway. I was with my student going over tower operations when I thought I heard him say that we were landing behind the cessna [that was] behind the citation so I thought that we were number 2 when really we were number 3 for landing. I turned base on top of an airplane that was below us and he saw and made an evasive action and went missed while I slowed down because he was coming close to us. I got distracted giving my student instruction when I should have been paying more attention to the clearance. Both of our airplanes came close but not too close to where I had to make a quick evasive action. It wasn't until I was on final that the airplane below us realized what was going on and he went around.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 instructor pilot experiences confusion when instructed by the Tower to follow a Cessna which is following a Citation. Believing he is number two; the early base turn results in a NMAC with the preceding Cessna and results in that Cessna going around.
Narrative: We were on a right downwind for the runway. I was with my student going over tower operations when I thought I heard him say that we were landing behind the Cessna [that was] behind the Citation so I thought that we were number 2 when really we were number 3 for landing. I turned base on top of an airplane that was below us and he saw and made an evasive action and went missed while I slowed down because he was coming close to us. I got distracted giving my student instruction when I should have been paying more attention to the clearance. Both of our airplanes came close but not too close to where I had to make a quick evasive action. It wasn't until I was on final that the airplane below us realized what was going on and he went around.
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.