PLT OF AN SMA SEL LANDED GEAR UP AFTER DISTR FROM AN NMAC WITH ANOTHER SMA IN AN UNCTLED TFC PATTERN.

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ON JUN/TUE/94; I DEPARTED VENICE MUNICIPAL ARPT ON A FLT TO OPA LOCKA; FL. ENRTE; I ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WX AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO VENICE ARPT. 5 MI FROM THE ARPT I BROADCAST ON UNICOM GIVING MY POS. AT 2 MI I AGAIN BROADCAST MY POS STATING I WAS INBOUND FOR A LNDG. AT THIS TIME; A STUDENT STATED HE WAS S OF THE FIELD RETURNING. I MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THIS STUDENT TO DETERMINE HIS RELATIVE POS BUT HE FAILED TO REPLY. I THEN DID A 360 DEG TURN LOOKING FOR HIM BUT WAS UNABLE TO SPOT THE ACFT. NORMAL TRAINING ACFT IN THIS AREA ARE WARRIOR/C152. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A STUDENT TO GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATE HIS DISTANCES AND WILL CALL DOWNWIND 3-4 MI AWAY. FEELING REASONABLY SURE THAT THIS WAS THE CASE; I ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RWY 13. AS I LEVELED OUT AT 800 FT MSL; I SAW THIS ACFT ABOUT 200 FT BELOW ME; CLBING. AT THIS POINT I ELECTED FOR AN EXTENDED DOWNWIND TO CLR THE TFC. 1 MI S OF THE ARPT I TURNED BASE AND ANNOUNCED MY INTENTION. IN THE BASE; APCHING FINAL; THIS SAME ACFT CUT ACROSS MY FRONT AT A 45 DEG ANGLE STILL AT ABOUT 600 FT MSL. STILL NO RADIO CONTACT. AGAIN I HAD TO TURN TO AVOID THE ACFT. AT THIS POINT MY ENTIRE ATTN WAS FOCUSED ON TFC AVOIDANCE AND I FAILED TO COMPLETE MY CHKLIST. GEAR UP. I SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND AND REINITIATED THE APCH. INCREASED EMPHASIS ON RADIO WORK TO STUDENTS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY AND A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FOREIGN AND HAVE A MARGINAL GRASP OF ENGLISH AND CAN'T WORK THE RADIOS.