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ASRS REPORT: 1745971

Data Source AVIATION SAFETY REPORTING SYSTEM
Report Number 1745971
Local Date 01-JUN-20
Local Time 1201-1800

Synopsis
GA PILOT REPORTED A NMAC AT SAV AIRPORT.

Assessment
Event Primary Problem HUMAN FACTORS
Event Contributing Factors HUMAN FACTORS
Flight Crew Event Results TOOK EVASIVE ACTION

Anomaly Information
Conflict Anomaly Desc NMAC
Anomaly Detected - Person Desc FLIGHT CREW

Location Information
Loc State Code GA
Loc Ref Airport Name SAV.AIRPORT
Horizontal Miss Distance (ft) 300
Verical Miss Distance (ft) 100
Magnetic Bearing (deg) 300
Magnetic Bearing (deg) 210
Reference ID Distance (nm) 5
Altitude MSL - Single Value(ft) 1000

Environmental Information
Weather Conditions VMC
Light Condition DAYLIGHT


AIRCRAFT INFORMATION

Aircraft 1
Acft Make/Model Desc SMALL AIRCRAFT
Acft Operator Desc PERSONAL
Acft Far Part PART 91
Acft Flight Mission PERSONAL
Acft Flight Phase INITIAL APPROACH
Acft Flight Plan NONE
Flight Crew Count 1

Aircraft 2
Acft Make/Model Desc ANY UNKNOWN OR UNLISTED AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER
Acft Flight Phase CRUISE
Acft Flight Plan NONE


PERSON INFORMATION

Information For Person Sequence 1

Reporting Organization PERSONAL
Flt Crew Exp (last 90 days) 120
Flt Crew Total Exp 290
Flt Crew Exp 200
Flt Crew Function SINGLE PILOT
Location in Acft FLIGHT DECK
Person Location Acft Desc X
Flt Crew Qual Desc PRIVATE


Narrative

NEAR MISS WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT APPEARED TO POSSIBLY BE DEPARTING FROM SAV. I WAS FLYING 010 ACCORDING TO MY TRACK LOG, ROUGHLY AT THE EDGE OF THE INNER SHELF TO THE CLASS C. I'M ESTIMATING THEY WERE FLYING 230 DIRECTLY TOWARDS ME. WHEN I SAW THE AIRCRAFT THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AWAY AND LEVEL ON A NEAR COLLISION COURSE, I IMMEDIATELY ASCENDED AND ENDED UP PASSING APPROXIMATELY 100-200 FEET ABOVE AND 300-500 FEET HORIZONTALLY.


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