Cessna 152
Flight Crew Private; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 203; Flight Crew Type 177
Communication Breakdown
Conflict NMAC
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was practicing traffic patterns at the airport (ZZZ) and when I was turning to the right crosswind; I noticed the plane behind me was already in the upwind. I thought he was going to extend his upwind to give me more space; so I continued normally. As soon as I joined the right downwind for Runway XXR; I heard Tower ask the other plane if he was still following the traffic in front of him; looked towards my right trying to find him and I saw him off my right wing doing a climbing left turn to get away from me.The tower did not tell the other pilot anything after that. I don't know if he did not see how close we were; or he thought it was irrelevant to say something. As for the other pilot; he must have been distracted and lost sight of me. I will be more aware of my surroundings next time. This happened before the tower closed. I am glad it was still controlled airspace; otherwise it would have been another (probably tragic) outcome.
C152 reported an NMAC event during landing training.