Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:13 pm
#1002796
A few miles out from an airfield in Class G. Pretty clear day.
I had head inside cockpit just for a moment to do joining Freda - had to look down to switch tanks, check fuel levels, check Ts&Ps, DI against compass, Alt setting etc.
Look up... Aircraft in 12 o'clock head on same level, seemed very big but probably a few hundred metres when I saw him, he was already going hard left and nosing down to avoid me. I pulled hard left and pulled up to increase the distance.
So it was a late sighting, VFR, see and avoid in class G. We missed by a couple of hundred metres, I guess - mostly by the actions of the other pilot.
I decided it was not worth reporting an airprox as the other guy had seen me and had started avoiding action - so in this instance no risk of collision.
Right decision or should I have reported it?
I had head inside cockpit just for a moment to do joining Freda - had to look down to switch tanks, check fuel levels, check Ts&Ps, DI against compass, Alt setting etc.
Look up... Aircraft in 12 o'clock head on same level, seemed very big but probably a few hundred metres when I saw him, he was already going hard left and nosing down to avoid me. I pulled hard left and pulled up to increase the distance.
So it was a late sighting, VFR, see and avoid in class G. We missed by a couple of hundred metres, I guess - mostly by the actions of the other pilot.
I decided it was not worth reporting an airprox as the other guy had seen me and had started avoiding action - so in this instance no risk of collision.
Right decision or should I have reported it?