Bonanza 33
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 4500; Flight Crew Type 350
Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was VFR approaching ARR for landing. I had been cruising at 3;500 FT MSL approaching ARR from the NNW. While descending and making the initial call to Tower with position and request for landing; I saw another aircraft just below and left of my position. I was headed 160 in the descent passing 2;600 or 2;700 FT MSL and the other aircraft was headed west and appeared to be at 2;500 FT MSL; a common VFR altitude below the Chicago Class B airspace. I saw the aircraft just forward of the leading edge of my left wing and suspect my low wing had blocked the line of sight prior to the late sighting. I reacted by stopping the descent momentarily. The event lasted less than five seconds. The other aircraft was a low wing single engine fixed gear aircraft with blue and gray colors. It may have been some model of Piper. I was transmitting to the Tower during the event. The Tower had other traffic on its radar including another aircraft 3-4 miles ahead of me approaching for landing. The Tower made several other traffic advisories; but did not mention the aircraft involved in this incident.
As he was descending toward his airport of intended landing a BE33 pilot experienced an NMAC with a same direction low wing single.