J3 Cub
Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31; Flight Crew Total 348; Flight Crew Type 265
Communication Breakdown
Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Procedure; Airport; Human Factors
I was in a Super Cub flying toward an uncontrolled airport. The pattern was very busy including some fast-moving aircraft so I veered off east of the airport planning to wait until the pattern cleared so that I could land my slow flying plane. I was just at 4NM from the airport.An instructional flight with a CFI and a student made a radio call that they were 'on the 45 to the left downwind for 23'. Shortly thereafter they passed underneath me from a blind spot behind me and to the right; east.The instructor was upset feeling that I was 'in the downwind' for 23 without making radio calls. At the time of the near miss; I was a few hundred feet inside the 4 NM airport area. From a visual perspective; I did not think that I was anywhere near the pattern; except for jets which I would have expected to be higher than my 2;300 feet.I was barely inside the 4 NM airport area and had not made any radio calls; intending to maneuver well east of the field to wait on traffic to quiet down.One contributing factor of the near miss was me not making a radio call that I was at the edge of the airport 4NM area. A contributing cause was a light aircraft at pattern altitude over 4 NM from the airport considering themselves to be in the pattern.I did contact the pilot of the other aircraft to 'debrief' the situation and I plan to discuss with the leadership of the flight school.
Piper J3 Cub pilot reported an NMAC at an uncontrolled airport requiring evasive action.