Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120; Flight Crew Total 842; Flight Crew Type 800
Communication Breakdown; Workload
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airspace Structure; Procedure; Airport; Aircraft
Normal training flight. Returning to DPA we were advised to follow traffic on the right downwind Runway 20R. While midfield downwind my student called out traffic off our right; I saw a Cirrus aircraft climbing rapidly into our flight path. Traffic was within 100 feet. I took control and evasive action to avoid a collision. I reported the incident to Tower and another aircraft (not conflict aircraft) reported incident. We continued into the airport and landed with no problems. I called DPA Tower to talk about incident after flight.
C172 instructor pilot reported an NMAC in the DPA traffic pattern.