DA40 crew received a TCAS alert and took evasive action to avoid an extra-300.

Attributes
ACN	1272218
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DA40 Diamond Star
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Extra 200/300 Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 110 Flight Crew Total 500 Flight Crew Type 175
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 4300 Flight Crew Type 430
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 50

Narrative:

Flying to the south climbing from 4300 ft to 6500 ft behind company archer aircraft maintaining visual separation. Archer ahead stopped climb at 5500 feet and we continued to climb to 6500 to pass archer overhead; making our intentions known to the archer aircraft. While climbing through 6;000 ft we received a traffic alert for traffic on our right from our TCAS system. This contact was not previously shown on TCAS until the alert was made. TCAS showed the traffic was 300 ft below and climbing on an eastbound heading. Instructor pilot raised wing to be more visible while looking for traffic. Traffic passed in front of us at approximately the same altitude and about 500 ft ahead. Visual contact was made with the aircraft when it was at the one to two o'clock position. Instructor made climbing right turn to avoid traffic. No radio calls had been made by this aircraft before or after the incident. In relation to the company archer traffic which we were overflying; this aircraft flew in close proximity to the both of us and directly in between us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA40 crew received a TCAS alert and took evasive action to avoid an Extra-300.

Narrative: Flying to the south climbing from 4300 FT to 6500 FT behind company archer aircraft maintaining visual separation. Archer ahead stopped climb at 5500 feet and we continued to climb to 6500 to pass Archer overhead; making our intentions known to the Archer aircraft. While climbing through 6;000 FT we received a traffic alert for traffic on our right from our TCAS system. This contact was not previously shown on TCAS until the alert was made. TCAS showed the traffic was 300 FT below and climbing on an eastbound heading. Instructor pilot raised wing to be more visible while looking for traffic. Traffic passed in front of us at approximately the same altitude and about 500 FT ahead. Visual contact was made with the aircraft when it was at the one to two o'clock position. Instructor made climbing right turn to avoid traffic. No radio calls had been made by this aircraft before or after the incident. In relation to the company Archer traffic which we were overflying; this aircraft flew in close proximity to the both of us and directly in between us.

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.