PIPER PA38 STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR HAVE AN NMAC DURING DEP FROM GTU.

Date: 2006-04 · Aircraft: PA-38 Tomahawk · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: atc-issue-all-types|conflict-airborne-conflict

Synopsis

PIPER PA38 STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR HAVE AN NMAC DURING DEP FROM GTU.

Narrative

MY STUDENT TOOK OFF ON RWY 18 AT GTU ARPT AND AT 500 FT AGL STARTED A TURN TO THE SE IN ORDER TO FLY TO OUR FLT SCHOOL'S PRACTICE AREA TO THE E OF THE ARPT. DURING OUR CLBOUT; I HEARD A BONANZA ANNOUNCE THAT HE WAS 5 MI TO THE SE; INBOUND ON THE 45 DEG ENTRY FOR THE L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 18 AT GEORGETOWN. I MENTALLY NOTED THAT THIS ACFT COULD POSE A POTENTIAL COLLISION HAZARD. MY STUDENT'S HDG WAS DRIFTING L OFF COURSE TO 110-120 DEGS INSTEAD OF THE 140 DEGS I WANTED FOR HIM TO FLY; I ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A BONANZA INBOUND ON THE 45 DEG. AT THIS TIME WE WERE AT ABOUT 1200 FT AGL AND DEPARTING THE PATTERN. NO SOONER THAN I MENTIONED THIS THAN I OBSERVED THE BONANZA ABOUT 1 MI DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US ON A DIRECT COLLISION COURSE. I POINTED THE TFC OUT TO MY STUDENT WHO HESITATED; I IMMEDIATELY TOLD HIM TO TURN TO THE R TO AVOID THE TFC; WHICH HE THEN DID. ABOUT 2 SECONDS LATER THE BONANZA MUST HAVE ALSO OBSERVED US AND STARTED A TURN TO HIS R. THE BONANZA PASSED OFF OUR L WING; AT OUR ALT AND ABOUT 300 FT AWAY. WE CONTINUED OUR CLB TO 1500 FT AGL BEFORE TURNING ON COURSE.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.