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The flight crew of a B757-200 was forced to take lateral; low altitude evasive action with reference to a helicopter hovering at the far end of their takeoff runway. Tower had advised of the helo's presence; holding for clearance to cross; but the flight crew did not have it in sight until after lift off.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1134010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201312 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Robinson Helicopter Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We were cleared for takeoff and advised a helicopter on upwind was 'no factor.' after takeoff; at approximately 500 ft AGL I saw a robinson type helicopter at our 11:30 position and very close. I exclaimed 'oh; my god!' at that point I should have taken the aircraft for an evasive maneuver to the right as the captain had a very delayed response. I should have known better; my fault. I did not have the helicopter visually on the takeoff roll; but should have known this might happen. I feel that the controller assumed the helicopter would have been out of the way by the time we took off and it wasn't. I need to be more vigilant and ready to take evasive action as pilot not flying.the tower should be more conservative and I should be ready to just take the controls and take evasive action and face the consequences later; my bad.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The flight crew of a B757-200 was forced to take lateral; low altitude evasive action with reference to a helicopter hovering at the far end of their takeoff runway. Tower had advised of the helo's presence; holding for clearance to cross; but the flight crew did not have it in sight until after lift off.
Narrative: We were cleared for takeoff and advised a helicopter on upwind was 'no factor.' After takeoff; at approximately 500 FT AGL I saw a Robinson type helicopter at our 11:30 position and very close. I exclaimed 'Oh; my god!' At that point I should have taken the aircraft for an evasive maneuver to the right as the Captain had a very delayed response. I should have known better; my fault. I did not have the helicopter visually on the takeoff roll; but should have known this might happen. I feel that the controller assumed the helicopter would have been out of the way by the time we took off and it wasn't. I need to be more vigilant and ready to take evasive action as pilot not flying.The Tower should be more conservative and I should be ready to just take the controls and take evasive action and face the consequences later; my bad.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.