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Near midair collision
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 146253 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199005 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : laf |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : laf tracon : iad |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff |
| Route In Use | approach : visual departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | approach : visual departure other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 146253 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 500 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Tower cleared us for takeoff then told us to maintain visibility sep with two aircraft. We did not have these aircraft in sight until within 500' and same altitude. Laf is a growing area in need of radar surveillance from approach or ind center.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC
Narrative: TWR CLRED US FOR TKOF THEN TOLD US TO MAINTAIN VIS SEP WITH TWO ACFT. WE DID NOT HAVE THESE ACFT IN SIGHT UNTIL WITHIN 500' AND SAME ALT. LAF IS A GROWING AREA IN NEED OF RADAR SURVEILLANCE FROM APCH OR IND CTR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.