Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4; Flight Crew Total 515; Flight Crew Type 50
Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Procedure; Human Factors
In traffic pattern doing touch and go landings. 1 other Cessna 172 was ahead of my aircraft and I was number 2 for touch and go. After other aircraft performed touch and go ahead of me and was climbing out I then performed my touch and go. Estimated time between other aircraft landing/taking off and my plane landing/taking off was 1 minute. After taking off I had lowered the nose to an 80 knot initial climb speed for cooling of the engine and better visibility. I climbed to approximately 1;400 feet before beginning my crosswind turn. I had not seen the aircraft ahead of me since it took off as there was significant haze. Upon beginning my turn the ADB-B TCAS (Garmin GTN 750) in the cockpit alerted me to an aircraft 100 feet below me and extremely close. I looked to the left and below my aircraft and spotted the other Cessna very close and going much slower than my plane. I turned 20 degrees right; reduced the throttle; applied full flaps in order to gain distance from the other aircraft. I then notified the controller that I was going to be slowing down in the pattern to give the other aircraft additional spacing.
C172 pilot reported reported taking evasive action to avoid an aircraft reported by ADB-B TCAS as 100 feet below altitude and very close.