Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150; Flight Crew Total 630; Flight Crew Type 500
Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was training a student in the pattern at ZZZ in Aircraft X. During our 3rd circuit; soon after leveling off and turning left downwind for runway ZZ at 1;000 feet AGL; an airplane; Aircraft Y; suddenly appeared in front of us; from below; no more than 300 feet in front at the same altitude. This airplane I had heard cleared for takeoff after we had completed our most recent touch-and-go. I immediately took control of the airplane from my student; slowed down and notified tower that an airplane was directly ahead of us a few hundred feet away. Tower notified Aircraft Y that they had turned crosswind too early and to make a right 360; to which they complied. We completed our circuit with a touch-and-go and departed the pattern to the south. As we were departing; I overheard what I assume was an instructor in Aircraft Y notify tower that they'd be exiting the airplane and that a first time solo student would be taking back off.
C152 instructor reported a NMAC on downwind.