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Three skydive pilots flying separate C182s reported two of them had a conflict with a B737 while descending.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1464478 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| 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 | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 915 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 4000 Vertical 500 |
Narrative:
I was flying a jump aircraft carrying skydivers for my company. After I dropped off my load over the drop zone at the airport and was in my descent back down to the airport; I had a near miss with a boeing 737. He was off my left; headed towards me; and I immediately banked to the right to avoid him. We both saw each other and the B737 pilot called out the traffic to approach and said that it gave him an RA. Less than a minute later he got another RA from another one of our company aircraft. They both saw each other too at the last second. Better separation should have been provided by ATC. But at the end of the day everyone saw and avoided each other albeit the close call.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Three skydive pilots flying separate C182s reported two of them had a conflict with a B737 while descending.
Narrative: I was flying a jump aircraft carrying skydivers for my company. After I dropped off my load over the drop zone at the airport and was in my descent back down to the airport; I had a near miss with a Boeing 737. He was off my left; headed towards me; and I immediately banked to the right to avoid him. We both saw each other and the B737 pilot called out the traffic to approach and said that it gave him an RA. Less than a minute later he got another RA from another one of our company aircraft. They both saw each other too at the last second. Better separation should have been provided by ATC. But at the end of the day everyone saw and avoided each other albeit the close call.
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.