Flight crew of commuter at 6000 starting approach to dfw had near midair collision with small aircra...

Attributes
ACN	129218
Time
Date	198911
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other descent : approach
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer observation : company check pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6150 flight time type : 1100
ASRS Report	129218
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 200 vertical : 100
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Commuter inbound to dfw assigned heading 290 to join scy.9 arrival, 6000'. Acting first officer captain observed small aircraft eastbound at 6000 over scy VOR area, rapid closure rate and not turning, heading straight for us. Reached for autoplt disconnect to make left turn to avoid 210. Since normally autoplt disconnect is on captain's left, instinctively reached to wrong side of yoke, tried to overpwr autoplt. Small aircraft passed slightly off our right, extremely close. By the time evasive turn was initiated small aircraft had passed. Pilot reported 'we just had a near miss' to approach. Approach replied that traffic had us in sight. Pilot reported that the aircraft was a blue and white small aircraft eastbound at 6000. The airspace north the arrs to dal and dfw is heavily congested at times and weekend pilot had no business on an arrival at standard arrival altitude. This is another in a sequence of near misses in the dallas regional area. Someone has to devise a system to keep the turboprops up high longer to avoid general aviation aircraft or there is soon to be a major accident/midair with fatalities. This one was way too close.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF COMMUTER AT 6000 STARTING APCH TO DFW HAD NMAC WITH SMA.

Narrative: COMMUTER INBND TO DFW ASSIGNED HDG 290 TO JOIN SCY.9 ARR, 6000'. ACTING F/O CAPT OBSERVED SMA EBND AT 6000 OVER SCY VOR AREA, RAPID CLOSURE RATE AND NOT TURNING, HDG STRAIGHT FOR US. REACHED FOR AUTOPLT DISCONNECT TO MAKE LEFT TURN TO AVOID 210. SINCE NORMALLY AUTOPLT DISCONNECT IS ON CAPT'S LEFT, INSTINCTIVELY REACHED TO WRONG SIDE OF YOKE, TRIED TO OVERPWR AUTOPLT. SMA PASSED SLIGHTLY OFF OUR RIGHT, EXTREMELY CLOSE. BY THE TIME EVASIVE TURN WAS INITIATED SMA HAD PASSED. PLT REPORTED 'WE JUST HAD A NEAR MISS' TO APCH. APCH REPLIED THAT TFC HAD US IN SIGHT. PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS A BLUE AND WHITE SMA EBND AT 6000. THE AIRSPACE N THE ARRS TO DAL AND DFW IS HEAVILY CONGESTED AT TIMES AND WEEKEND PLT HAD NO BUSINESS ON AN ARR AT STANDARD ARR ALT. THIS IS ANOTHER IN A SEQUENCE OF NEAR MISSES IN THE DALLAS REGIONAL AREA. SOMEONE HAS TO DEVISE A SYSTEM TO KEEP THE TURBOPROPS UP HIGH LONGER TO AVOID GENERAL AVIATION ACFT OR THERE IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR ACCIDENT/MIDAIR WITH FATALITIES. THIS ONE WAS WAY TOO CLOSE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.

Flight crew of commuter at 6000 starting approach to dfw had near midair collision with small aircraft.