I had my head down writing the altimeter on my iPad and, all of a sudden, my instructor snatched the yoke and made a hard left to avoid this aircraft that was coming at us from out sorta left.
Aviation Safety Reporting System
Near miss in the pattern
If we had continued downwind as normal, Aircraft Y would have hit us.
Truck vs. Cessna 172
My student was clearly shaken from this incident, but I turned it into a lesson on abort procedures and instances that you may encounter beyond your own aircraft.
Aircraft problems scuttle check ride
Student B debated about continuing the check ride. He was nervous about the left engine failing. We concluded that it was vapor lock that caused the left engine to quit. He finally decided to discontinue the flight portion.
Training flight cuts off another airplane in the pattern
On final, I still did not see any traffic, but it is likely the conflicting aircraft was directly below us. The aircraft executed a 360 turn towards the north away from our position before re-entering the final approach. In addition to not seeing the traffic, the traffic did not appear on ADS-B.
Pilot’s unclear intentions create havoc in the pattern
He seemed very upset and argumentative saying his intentions were to land at the airport. He continued to try to enter the pattern but then continued to do circles around the area at very low altitudes.
NORDO pilot chastised by helicopter pilot
After pushing my aircraft into a hangar, the helicopter pilot came over clearly angry that I had landed with no radio and that he didn’t know where I was.
Cessna pilot has near miss with helicopter
Lessons learned: When a situation seems confusing, go slowly. When I spotted the helo, I was going really slowly and was able to quickly stop. Only when it was clear that the helo pilot was waiting for me to move did I finish my turn.
Interrupted preflight leads to cowling popping open during takeoff
I was in the process of closing the left cowl when one of my formation pilots asked for a piece of tape. I had released the upper latch so the cowl was flush to the aircraft but I had not secured the three lower latches as the other pilot was standing in the way.