NMAC

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WHILE ENRTE FROM ILG TO CDW; NY APCH CTL WAS VECTORING ME TO THE LOC 22 APCH AT CDW. APPROX 1 MI FROM SNAFU OM; APCH HANDED ME OFF TO CDW TWR. I SWITCHED TO THE TWR FREQ; IDENTED MYSELF AND POS. TWR REQUESTED THAT I RPT SNAFU. I CROSSED SNAFU; STARTED STOP WATCH; THROTTLED TO 15 IN. MP; PULLED IN 1 NOTCH OF FLAPS; AND RPTED INSIDE SNAFU. TWR INFORMED ME THAT I WAS #4 ON FINAL FOR RWY 22; AND MY TFC WAS AN SMA Y. I INFORMED THE TWR THAT I HAD THE Y IN SIGHT. AS I DSNDED; IT WAS APPARENT THAT I WAS FASTER THAN THE Y AND WAS CLOSING ON THE ACFT; BUT STILL WITHIN A GOOD SAFETY MARGIN. AT APPROX 1000 FT AND 2 MI OUT; I WAS STILL CLOSING ON THE Y; SO I REDUCED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE; PULLED IN THE SECOND NOTCH OF FLAPS AND LEVELED THE ACFT TO REDUCE AIRSPD. I WAS STILL CLOSING ON THE Y AT AN AIRSPD OF APPROX 95 KTS INDICATED. WHEN I LOST SIGHT OF THE Y MY PAX INDICATED THAT THE PLANE WAS BELOW AND TO THE R OF ME AND I WAS CLOSING FAST. I KNEW I WAS UNABLE TO FLY THE APCH AT 90 OR 100 KTS AS USUAL. LOOKING AT THE TFC PATTERN; AND THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO ME; I CHOSE NOT TO FLY THE PUBLISHED MISSED APCH; BUT TO EXECUTE A CLBING L HAND TURN TO A HDG OF 130 DEGS. I MADE THIS CHOICE BASED ON THE FACT THAT I WAS IN VMC AND THERE WAS NO TFC TO THE L AND ABOVE ME. FLYING THE MISSED APCH; CLB TO 1100 FT AND R TURN; WOULD PUT ME IN A POSSIBLY WORSE CONDITION FOR A MIDAIR COLLISION; BECAUSE OF THE SMA Y BELOW ME; THE OTHER ACFT IN A R HAND TFC PATTERN FOR 22; AND THE PATTERN WAS FULL OF ACFT DOING TOUCH AND GOES. AS I BEGAN THE CLBING L TURN; I CONTACTED THE TWR AND INFORMED THEM THAT I WAS LEAVING THE PATTERN; BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. I INFORMED THEM AGAIN AND THEY HANDED ME BACK TO NY APCH. I CONTACTED NY APCH; AND INFORMED THEM WHERE I WAS AND THAT I HAD LEFT THE PATTERN. THE CTLR GAVE ME A NEW HDG AND ALT; AND QUESTIONED THE PROC THAT I WAS FLYING. I TOLD HIM WHAT I HAD DONE; WHY I DID IT; ABOUT THE FULL PATTERN AND OVERTAKING THE Y. HE SPECIFICALLY ASK IF I FELT I WAS IN AN UNSAFE SITUATION; AND I INFORMED HIM THAT IT WAS 'ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE'. WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR ANOTHER APCH; THE CTLR ASKED FOR MORE DETAILS AND I PROVIDED HIM WITH THE ANSWERS TO HIS QUESTIONS. HE ASKED IF I GOT CONFUSED BY ANOTHER ACFT FLYING AN APCH TO TETERBORO; AND I INFORMED HIM THAT WAS NOT THE CASE AND THE PROBLEM WAS WITH ME FLYING AN APCH WHILE THE TWR HAD EXTENDED THE TFC PATTERN FOR SPACING AND HAVING 3 OTHER VFR ACFT ON FINAL FLYING SLOWER THAN I; ON AN IFR APCH. THE CTLR INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM; AND THAT HE WOULD TALK WITH CDW TWR; AND LEFT THE MATTER AT THAT. WHEN HE INSTRUCTED ME TO SWITCH TO THE TWR; I THANKED HIM FOR HIS CONCERN; CONSIDERATION AND HELP. I SWITCHED TO THE TWR AND FLEW THE APCH AS PUBLISHED; AND LANDED. AT NO TIME WAS I REQUESTED TO CONTACT ANY FAA CTLING AGENCY; CDW TWR OR GND CTL.