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Kc-135 crew reported an RA after the conclusion of a formation air refueling mission perhaps due to some confusion by ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1339518 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| 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 | Stratotanker 135 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Stratotanker 135 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 4500 Flight Crew Type 2100 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 750 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
At the completion of an air refueling event we split up from the formation we were in and climbed to the top of the formation block altitude (FL260). The number two aircraft who was still refueling with the receiver coordinated random air refueling clearance from center to proceed direct to ZZZ. After number two coordinated their clearance we coordinated for direct zzzzz intersection and flight plan route and received a clearance to climb to FL280 and proceed direct to zzzzz intersection. Approximately 3 minutes after level off we receive a TA and saw a TCAS target at our altitude. At the same time we received a radio call from ATC to turn immediately to a heading of 090 which we complied with. This de-conflicted the traffic and we subsequently were given direct to zzzzz intersection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: KC-135 crew reported an RA after the conclusion of a formation air refueling mission perhaps due to some confusion by ATC.
Narrative: At the completion of an Air Refueling event we split up from the formation we were in and climbed to the top of the formation block altitude (FL260). The number two aircraft who was still refueling with the receiver coordinated random Air Refueling clearance from Center to proceed direct to ZZZ. After number two coordinated their clearance we coordinated for direct ZZZZZ intersection and flight plan route and received a clearance to climb to FL280 and proceed direct to ZZZZZ intersection. Approximately 3 minutes after level off we receive a TA and saw a TCAS target at our altitude. At the same time we received a radio call from ATC to turn immediately to a heading of 090 which we complied with. This de-conflicted the traffic and we subsequently were given direct to ZZZZZ intersection.
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.