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A corporate pilot reported an near midair collision with another corporate aircraft on approach to pwk when the controller initially cleared him for a circle to land in the wrong direction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 929348 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201101 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PWK.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
[I] broke out from ILS approach circle to land opposing runway. [I] was instructed to circle left traffic. Circled left traffic on downwind tcad alerted 'traffic; traffic' passenger in right [seat] said 'traffic'; tower controller said 'I mean right traffic!!!!; now!'. Circled right traffic and landed. Controller called FBO and wanted to see how we were doing and stated that it 'was not as bad as it seemed as we really missed by 300 ft vertically.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A corporate pilot reported an NMAC with another corporate aircraft on approach to PWK when the Controller initially cleared him for a circle to land in the wrong direction.
Narrative: [I] broke out from ILS approach circle to land opposing runway. [I] was instructed to circle left traffic. Circled left traffic on downwind TCAD alerted 'traffic; traffic' passenger in right [seat] said 'traffic'; Tower Controller said 'I mean right traffic!!!!; now!'. Circled right traffic and landed. Controller called FBO and wanted to see how we were doing and stated that it 'was not as bad as it seemed as we really missed by 300 FT vertically.
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.