Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75; Flight Crew Total 800; Flight Crew Type 300
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC; Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
On less than 1/2 mile final; 200ft AGL Aircraft X Destination: LAL. Local VFR Training Flight Ceiling Unlimited- Visibility 10 miles While on short 1/2 mile final; 200 FT AGL; Aircraft Y conducted a short approach descending from above and left in between us and the runway. Distance between aircraft approximately 500 feet horizontal- crossed vertically. Minimal time between sighting and evasive turn to the right at 200 FT AGL Aircraft X conducted a low level evasive turn to the right at 200 FT AGL to rejoin final for landing. No evasive action taken by other aircraft. Aircraft acknowledged our location on final and was instructed by ATC to follow traffic on final. No injuries occurred this near miss.
GA instructor pilot reported taking evasive action to avoid an aircraft that cut in front of an aircraft on final for landing at LAL airport.