Light Sport Aircraft
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120; Flight Crew Total 770; Flight Crew Type 350
Situational Awareness; Human-Machine Interface; Communication Breakdown
Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure; Weather
Entering traffic pattern on the 45 to downwind; we misdialed the correct frequency and were .1 off. Because of the haze we didn't see the traffic and because of the frequency misdial we didn't hear the traffic on the crosswind leg; took evasive action (360 to the left) to re-join downwind leg runway 35.
Light Sport Aircraft pilot reported a NMAC due to haze and use of the incorrect CTAF frequency.