Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120; Flight Crew Total 785; Flight Crew Type 750
Communication Breakdown
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airspace Structure; Procedure
We were inbound for a landing at CMA; and were instructed by Tower to enter right traffic; Runway 26. As we approached the right downwind entry another airplane; Aircraft Y; attempted to enter right traffic ahead of us and cut us off while at the same altitude. They passed just to our left; and entered the downwind ahead of us. Tower made a traffic call as Aircraft Y passed; but never provided sequencing until after the traffic conflict had been resolved. I requested on frequency clarification about the sequence; and received no response from the Tower.
C172 flight instructor reported ATC failure to separate traffic in pattern resulted in an NMAC on downwind entry to CMA.