Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25; Flight Crew Total 2400; Flight Crew Type 1500
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
While on final on a practice ILS approach the tower called out base traffic at my 11:00. My safety pilot (flying pilot was on foggles) saw the aircraft and asked me to take a look. I observed the plane on base and figured that was the plane to follow and reduced speed and resumed the approach on foggles. A few seconds later my safety pilot issued a warning and I looked up and observed a plane (high wing Cessna) making a turn from the south to west directly at me. I took evasive action by making a right turn.Apparently the tower figured this aircraft was going too close to me and told him to turn west. When he did that he did not advise that my traffic was being turned to the west and the controller turned him right into the final approach heading the opposite way.The controller NEVER should have turned him westward against Final approach traffic (me). A left 360 on base would have been much safer. This was a very dangerous situation compounded by the fact the controller did not tell me that the traffic he had called out for me to follow was now being turned westward away from the final.
A pilot performing practice instrument approach with a view limiting device was advised by his safety pilot that another aircraft was turning towards their position. The pilot removed the view limiting device and performed an evasive maneuver. It was reported that ATC had turned the aircraft towards them.