Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 42; Flight Crew Total 15000; Flight Crew Type 1000
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
I was doing touch and go landings on Runway 7 with a student. I was downwind making standard calls when Aircraft Y was reporting on the GPS approach to Runway 7. I reported my base turn when turning final when Aircraft Y said I cut him off. I told him I was in the traffic pattern and he replied that he was IFR. I told him that this was an uncontrolled airport under visual conditions and he was to merge with the local traffic. He said he was IFR so he didn't have to. I referred him to the AIM and part 91.Being IFR into an uncontrolled airport under visual conditions does not mean one can fly with impunity into a busy traffic pattern. I feel that Aircraft Y pilot felt that his IFR clearance gave him priority. That is a dangerous assumption. At [Company]; our rule was to fly the traffic pattern. We understand that we had to mix with local traffic.
C172 Instructor Pilot reported that another aircraft operating under IFR failed to look for traffic in the pattern; resulting in a NMAC.