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It might have been someone up there at a VFR altitude. He might claim it
was 3 miles.


"Gary Johnson" wrote in message
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> Went flying last nite in solid IMC just for practice. Shot a GPS approach
> at 400 broken. Went well. On the return trip center had us stacked up
> holding over the NDB. The approach PT is at 3000. I was holding at
4000.
> and my friend was being vectored into the hold at 5000. After the 2nd
turn
> around the track on the inbound leg I noticed wing tip landing lights
coming
> toward me. They kept getting closer until I finally thought we may
collide.
> I unconsciously started a dive and a left turn. The plane flew over me
and
> crossed my path from right to left. This was quite unnerving and on top
of
> it all I now found myself 400 below my assigned altitude and in a steep
> left turn. I immediately corrected and waited for ATC to say something
but
> he never did. I thought about saying something to ATC but thought it
might
> be my friend at 5000 who hadnt gotten up to his assigned altitude. Well
> ATC cleared me to the ILS and I landed in nite IMC with clouds, drizzle
and
> 700 broken. I waited for my friend to land and talked to him. He said
> that he hadnt had his landing light on till on the approach since it was
> bothering him in the clouds. He has a cowl light, not wingtip lights.
> Neither of us heard center talking to anyone else who should have been
close
> to us. I wish now that I had said something to center to see if they had
> made a mistake and routed someone right thru us or if there was a cowboy
out
> there flying over the NDB we were holding over.
>
> Im glad Im alive to tell about it.
> Great IMC practice.
>
> Gary
> Dakota 5945K
>
>




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