Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35; Flight Crew Total 167; Flight Crew Type 160
Workload; Time Pressure; Situational Awareness; Other / Unknown; Distraction; Confusion
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was flying [high wing single engine aircraft] with an instructor on board; cleared to land on downwind leg. Tower instructed another aircraft of the same make/model to fly upwind to the [landmark]. Next instruction to them was to follow traffic [us] entering the 45 on the [landmark]. They did not respond. Next comm on Tower was if they had traffic to follow in sight. The student quickly responded traffic in sight. They were already too close to my aircraft by then. I had to maneuver in the pattern and drop to 600 ft. on downwind to avoid the aircraft. This was a close call.
GA pilot reported an NMAC in the traffic pattern while preparing to land. The pilot reported the other aircraft did not follow instructions from the Tower. The intruding aircraft caused the reporter to take evasive action.