EXTRA 300L AEROBATIC ACFT PLT AND AN ACR COMMUTER ACFT HAD AN NMAC AT BED.
Synopsis
EXTRA 300L AEROBATIC ACFT PLT AND AN ACR COMMUTER ACFT HAD AN NMAC AT BED.
Narrative
CONDITIONS WERE UNLIMITED CEILING AND VISIBILITY. I WAS RETURNING TO BED AFTER AN AEROBATICS PRACTICE SESSION. I CALLED THE TWR PASSING MINUTEMAN ARPT (6B6) INFORMING THEM OF MY POS; AND THAT I HAD THE INFO FROM ATIS. I WAS TOLD TO RPT MIDFIELD L DOWNWIND; WHICH I ACKNOWLEDGED. WHILE ON THE 45 DEG ENTRY TO DOWNWIND (RWY 29); I NOTICED A COMMUTER FLT DEPARTING ON RWY AND CLBING STRAIGHT OUT. I THEN DIVERTED MY ATTN TO OTHER POSSIBLE TFC ON XWIND OR DOWNWIND. MY MAIN CONCERN WAS TRAINING ACFT PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GOES. THESE ACFT ARE USUALLY HARD TO SPOT AND MUCH SLOWER THAN MY ACFT. WHILE MY ATTN WAS FOCUSED ON SPOTTING THIS TFC; I NOTICED SOME MOTION TO MY L WITH MY PERIPHERAL VISION. I TURNED MY HEAD L AND SAW THE COMMUTER ACFT IN A CLB COMING STRAIGHT TOWARD ME. APPARENTLY; HE HAD EXECUTED A L TURN WHILE MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED AWAY FROM HIM. BEING STRAPPED INTO MY ACFT WITH A 5-POINT AEROBATIC HARNESS; I IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED A DIVE AND PASSED ABOUT 200 FT UNDER THE COMMUTER. BOTH G METERS IN MY ACFT REGISTERED NEGATIVE 4.5 G'S. IF I HAD NOT BEEN IN A VERY RESPONSIVE AEROBATIC ACFT; I WOULD HAVE COME MUCH CLOSER BUT PROBABLY WOULD STILL HAVE MISSED THE COMMUTER PLANE BY ABOUT 50 FT. SKY CONDITIONS WERE PERFECT AND THE EXTRA HAS EXCELLENT VISIBILITY; YET WE STILL DIDN'T SEE EACH OTHER UNTIL THE LAST MIN. THE TWR HAS RADAR CAPABILITY; THE XPONDER WAS ON; BUT NEITHER ACFT RECEIVED AN ADVISORY. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR INBOUND/OUTBOUND ACFT AT BED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.