NMAC BTWN AN SMA ON FINAL AT 300 FT AND ANOTHER ACFT 10 FT LOWER ALSO ON FINAL WHICH HAD BEEN OVERTAKEN BY RPTR.
Synopsis
NMAC BTWN AN SMA ON FINAL AT 300 FT AND ANOTHER ACFT 10 FT LOWER ALSO ON FINAL WHICH HAD BEEN OVERTAKEN BY RPTR.
Narrative
I WAS ON AN IFR FLT CRG-MLG AT 6000 FT; ORL APCH CTL. AT APPROX 30 MI OUT; I ASKED FOR A LOWER ALT. THEN; ABOUT 20 MI OUT; I ASKED CTR IF IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THEM IF I COULD CANCEL IFR. THE CTLR SAID RADAR SVC TERMINATED; FREQ CHANGE APPROVED. I CALLED DAYTONA APCH CTL. HE GAVE ME A XPONDER CODE AND SAID HE HAD NO RADAR CONTACT; THEN HE SAID HE HAD A TARGET 5 MI OUT; AND I TOLD HIM IT WAS ME. HE THEN TURNED ME OVER TO TWR. HE TOLD ME TO RPT A 2 MI L BASE OVER THE INTERSTATE (HE WAS VERY BUSY). WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO TALK; I WAS TURNING FINAL AT 2 MI. HE THEN ASKED IF I WAS SURE I WAS LINED UP WITH RWY 9L. I SAID YES; ABOUT 1 MI FINAL. HE SAID I HAD OVERTAKEN ANOTHER AIRPLANE ON FINAL. I DID NOT SEE THE AIRPLANE. THE OTHER PLT SAID THAT I HAD PASSED OVER TOP OF THEM AT 10 FT. MY PAX TOLD ME LATER THAT HE SAW THE OTHER AIRPLANE ON THE LOWER R SIDE OF OUR AIRPLANE. MY XPONDER WAS WORKING FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT DAYTONA APCH AND MLB TWR. I THINK HE GAVE ME A WRONG CODE OR I PUT THE WRONG CODE IN MY XPONDER. PLUS A VERY CONGESTED 2 RWYS; SAME DIRECTION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.