2019 Jerez Airspace Incident Involving Two Piper PA-28 Aircraft (EC-IMR)

Incident Overview On 14 January 2019, at approximately 16:25 local time, an incident occurred in the control zone (CTR) of Jerez Airport involving two Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II aircraft. The event was investigated by Spain's Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission (CIAIAC) and reported in technical report IN-007/2019. ## Aircraft and Operations The first aircraft, registered EC-IMR, was operated by Flight Training Europe and owned by Bae Systems Flight Training (Europe) S.L. It was conducting a visual flight rules (VFR) dual-instruction flight with two crew members aboard: a French instructor and a student pilot. The aircraft was on approach to Jerez Airport for landing and had been cleared by the tower controller to join the right downwind leg for runway 02. The second aircraft, registered EC-JQB, was also operated by Flight Training Europe and owned by Flight Training Europe S.L. It was conducting a VFR solo student flight with one crew member aboard. The aircraft had been cleared by the tower controller to depart runway 02 and was heading toward point E to exit the Jerez CTR. ## Sequence of Events At approximately 16:25 local time, the crew of EC-IMR notified the air traffic controller that they had performed an evasive maneuver to avoid a collision with EC-JQB. Both aircraft remained in the Jerez CTR airspace during the event. ## Outcome No injuries were reported. The two crew members aboard EC-IMR and the one crew member aboard EC-JQB were all unhurt. Neither aircraft sustained damage, and no other damage was reported. ## Investigation Findings The investigation determined that the incident was caused by the solo student pilot of EC-JQB not adhering to the procedures published in the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) for exiting the Jerez Airport CTR.