NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
Flight Instructor with student reported an NMAC in the traffic pattern that resulted in evasive action to avoid a collision.
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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reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
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X, Y.
I was instructing a student doing a touch and go lesson. We were on our 3rd to last touch and go, on the down wind about to turn base for runway 35 when departing traffic taking off on 28. We saw them on ADSB but they were visually below our wing. They continued to climb into our path until ADSB reported traffic -100ft below directly below us. My student was flying so I took controls and turned an early left base for evasive action. I asked if they had us in sight and they confirmed they did.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Conflict
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Airspace Structure · Human Factors
- Primary Problem
- Airspace Structure
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 ↗.