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A light twin pilot failed to reset his transponder code to 1200 after landing then canceling IFR so when he became airborne and at 12;500 ft still squawking IFR; he received a TCAS alert and saw an air carrier pass 600 ft overhead.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1172946 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201405 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PVD.TRACON |
| State Reference | RI |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 2 Eng Retractable Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18 Flight Crew Total 800 Flight Crew Type 125 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 600 |
Narrative:
I arrived on an instrument flight plan; landed and canceled my flight plan on the ground frequency. A few minutes later I took off VFR and circled to the east of the field to climb about the overcast visible along my route. I proceeded on course to bdr once I was high enough to pass 2;000 ft above the overcast. Shortly after reaching pvd; I saw an air carrier pass 500 ft above me. My TCAS gave me about 60 seconds warning; just enough time to see it and make sure I was able to evade it. Shortly after the incident; I noticed that I was still squawking the IFR code from the previous flight. I'd failed to reset it to 1200. I believe that may have further confused the situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A light twin pilot failed to reset his transponder code to 1200 after landing then canceling IFR so when he became airborne and at 12;500 FT still squawking IFR; he received a TCAS alert and saw an air carrier pass 600 FT overhead.
Narrative: I arrived on an instrument flight plan; landed and canceled my flight plan on the ground frequency. A few minutes later I took off VFR and circled to the east of the field to climb about the overcast visible along my route. I proceeded on course to BDR once I was high enough to pass 2;000 FT above the overcast. Shortly after reaching PVD; I saw an air carrier pass 500 FT above me. My TCAS gave me about 60 seconds warning; just enough time to see it and make sure I was able to evade it. Shortly after the incident; I noticed that I was still squawking the IFR code from the previous flight. I'd failed to reset it to 1200. I believe that may have further confused the situation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.