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An air carrier descending into sat took evasive action from an aircraft climbing into their descent path at about 3;500 feet after a TCAS RA alerted 'climb; climb now'.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1372909 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SAT.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 5000 Vertical 1000 |
Narrative:
Ca was pilot flying. Was at 4000 feet. We were being vectored and given a heading and a descent to 3000 feet. ATC advised us that there [was] VFR traffic in the area. We had no visual but picked them up on TCAS. Stopped our descent around 3800 feet as we noticed we were getting close to the VFR aircraft. VFR aircraft continued his climb into us causing us to get an RA. We complied with TCAS climb instructions and informed ATC. Once we were clear of the conflict we descended and joined the localizer. Continued the approach and landed.we could have been vectored out further before being vectored toward the localizer. VFR aircraft should have been more diligent in their climb towards us.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier descending into SAT took evasive action from an aircraft climbing into their descent path at about 3;500 feet after a TCAS RA alerted 'CLIMB; CLIMB NOW'.
Narrative: CA was pilot flying. Was at 4000 feet. We were being vectored and given a heading and a descent to 3000 feet. ATC advised us that there [was] VFR traffic in the area. We had no visual but picked them up on TCAS. Stopped our descent around 3800 feet as we noticed we were getting close to the VFR aircraft. VFR aircraft continued his climb into us causing us to get an RA. We complied with TCAS climb instructions and informed ATC. Once we were clear of the conflict we descended and joined the LOC. Continued the approach and landed.We could have been vectored out further before being vectored toward the LOC. VFR aircraft should have been more diligent in their climb towards 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.