NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
Flight Instructor on training flight with student reported NMAC with another aircraft doing flight training.
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
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
Was practicing Steep turns with PPL (Private Pilot License) student flying north towards ZZZ when we got a ForeFlight warning that an aircraft was near us, after checking our ADS-B in we immediately turned right to create more separation from the other aircraft. After ensuring we had enough space, I contacted them over the radio where they let us know there were practicing holds at 5000 and they had us in sight. We continued flying north, and eventually they turned to the south again. I will pay better attention to my surrounding area as well as use the ADS-B feature in the future to avoid said scenario again.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Conflict
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Human Factors
- Primary Problem
- Human Factors
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 ↗.