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Attributes | |
ACN | 938270 |
Time | |
Date | 201103 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | GFK.Airport |
State Reference | ND |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Person 1 | |
Function | Instructor Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31 Flight Crew Total 317 Flight Crew Type 68 |
Person 2 | |
Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 4450 Flight Crew Type 30 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
Miss Distance | Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
I was the pilot in command of a cessna 172s; after a training flight with a student pilot working towards his private pilot's license. I was returning from the north east of the grand forks airport; approach had me enter through east ponds and handed me off to grand forks tower. Between east ponds and lagoon we descended from 2;200 to 1;500. Prior to reaching lagoon a light twin reported a near miss with a 172; stating the 172 passed 200 ft below the light twin. The light twin was inbound to the airport from the north west; flying east at the time of the near miss. The light twin was given an altitude restriction of 2;100 ft before entering the traffic pattern; and was at 2;100 at the time of the near miss.as we were descending towards lagoon; I was scanning out side; with the occasional glance inside at the ads-B. The only traffic I ever saw was in the traffic pattern several miles from my location as we descended towards lagoon. Upon reaching lagoon tower instructed me to fly west out side of the traffic pattern; along the north edge of lagoon. Once we were abeam the grand forks passenger terminal tower instructed me to make a 180 degree turn and enter into the traffic pattern following a light twin over the domes. Once we made the turn I looked for the traffic and saw the light twin on short final. Upon landing and taxiing off the runway tower asked me to call the phone number to the tower once parked. Once I was out of the plane I called tower [who stated he] felt that my aircraft could have possibly been close enough to the area to have caused the near miss. The sky was clear the visibility was unrestricted.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An NMAC in the GFK vicinity was reported by the two pilots involved as well as the Tower Controller.
Narrative: I was the Pilot in Command of a Cessna 172s; After a training flight with a student pilot working towards his private pilot's license. I was returning from the north east of the Grand Forks Airport; Approach had me enter through East Ponds and handed me off to Grand Forks Tower. Between East Ponds and Lagoon we descended from 2;200 to 1;500. Prior to reaching Lagoon a light twin reported a near miss with a 172; stating the 172 passed 200 FT below the light twin. The light twin was inbound to the airport from the north west; flying east at the time of the near miss. The light twin was given an altitude restriction of 2;100 FT before entering the traffic pattern; and was at 2;100 at the time of the near miss.As we were descending towards Lagoon; I was scanning out side; with the occasional glance inside at the ADS-B. The only traffic I ever saw was in the traffic pattern several miles from my location as we descended towards Lagoon. Upon reaching Lagoon Tower instructed me to fly west out side of the traffic pattern; along the north edge of Lagoon. Once we were abeam the Grand Forks passenger terminal Tower instructed me to make a 180 degree turn and enter into the traffic pattern following a light twin over the Domes. Once we made the turn I looked for the traffic and saw the light twin on short final. Upon landing and taxiing off the runway Tower asked me to call the phone number to the Tower once parked. Once I was out of the plane I called Tower [who stated he] felt that my aircraft could have possibly been close enough to the area to have caused the near miss. The sky was clear the visibility was unrestricted.
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.