Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 27; Flight Crew Total 208; Flight Crew Type 163
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
I was entering the pattern at ZZZ to land flying a C172. I crossed the runway at 1000ft MSL to enter the right downwind for runway XX which uses right traffic. As I crossed over the runway there was Aircraft Y; a DA20; executing a low pass over the runway. I started my turn into the downwind and he started his turn to crosswind and then to downwind. I looked back and he was closer to me then I was comfortable with so I speed up a little bit. Then when I turned final I received a traffic alert saying he was at my six less than one mile. I asked my passenger to watch him and she told me he looked like he was 200 feet from us and looked like he was about to pull up alongside us. I chose to go around rather than risk him landing on top of us. I also chose to execute the go-around because he never acknowledged my position in the pattern during his radio calls he acknowledged the two aircraft in front of me.
C172 pilot reported a NMAC on final at a non-towered airport; resulting in a go around.