<< >> NASA ASRS Report 984277, December 2011

A PA28 instructor pilot at 1;100 ft reported that a C172 passed 30 to 50 ft below him as he was conducting ground reference training with his student.

Attributes
ACN	984277
Time
Date	201112
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	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 263 Flight Crew Total 8700 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 50

Narrative:

While conducting ground reference maneuvers with a military introductory flight screening (ifs) student; a cessna 172 appears from under our wing on the right side at approximately 30 to 50 ft below us traveling from right to left. After the cessna passed below us; we made a turn to the left to watch their direction of flight and it appeared to leave the area.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA28 Instructor pilot at 1;100 FT reported that a C172 passed 30 to 50 FT below him as he was conducting ground reference training with his student.

Narrative: While conducting ground reference maneuvers with a military Introductory Flight Screening (IFS) student; a Cessna 172 appears from under our wing on the right side at approximately 30 to 50 FT below us traveling from right to left. After the Cessna passed below us; we made a turn to the left to watch their direction of flight and it appeared to leave the area.

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.