NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
Instructor pilot reported a near miss while on a training flight after departing a tower- controlled airport and communicating with ATC. The Instructor was alerted by ADS-B, then observed the aircraft at the same altitude coming toward the flight, and maneuvered sharply to avoid the conflict.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
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We were exiting the Orlando Executive Class D on a training flight. We departed to the Northwest. I believe we were vectored North (by ORL tower). An aircraft seemed to be approaching the arrival for SFB. He was at our altitude and coming towards us. I believe we were still on ORL tower, but he was not talking to the other aircraft. I had to take the controls and descend to avoid. This was after ADSB onboard alerted the traffic in front of us. This will make me much more vigilant in the vicinity of Executive and the surrounding airspace. I will also avoid the corridor that many aircraft tend to take to join the arrival.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Conflict
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Airspace Structure · Human Factors · Software and Automation · Procedure
- Primary Problem
- Procedure
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.