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Attributes | |
ACN | 1649824 |
Time | |
Date | 201905 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Jet/Long Ranger/206 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Route In Use | Direct |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 250 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
While returning from a patient drop off on a heading of 067 and 3500' a cessna 172 passed just to the front of me and underneath me at less than 200' separation. Conditions were 5000 broken; 10 M vis with haze; wind 150@ 25kts. I had just come from ZZZ and had been up with approach. Approach assigned me 3500' to get me above high speed jet traffic. As this provided good visibility and more favorable winds I remained there until my decent. The other aircraft was either not equipped with ads-B or ads-B out may not be working correctly as I had no aircraft return or warnings visual or audio. The first I saw him was through my chin bubble moving left to right; wings level in a slight climb. I made several attempts to contact the aircraft on CTAF frequencies with no success. I immediately called [dispatch] about the incursion. Upon landing I was provided the flight track and north number of the aircraft that passed underneath. I tracked it to a flight school in. I called the flight school and spoke to the instructor who confirmed he was in the aircraft performing maneuvers and had seen me on TCAS. He claimed he had tried to avoid me but never saw me. He told me his TCAS had me 200 ft above him. At this point I ended the conversation and thanked him for his time. Continuing this conversation beyond confirmation is not my responsibility. I know my systems were working very well because 10 min prior I had picked up high speed traffic flying [nearby] and was able to call it out to my crew. I believe the flight school should address TCAS warnings and avoidance by more than 200 ft. I have notified my [chief pilot]; I will submit safety reports as well.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B206L Captain reported NMAC while en route with radar services.
Narrative: While returning from a patient drop off on a heading of 067 and 3500' a Cessna 172 passed just to the front of me and underneath me at less than 200' separation. Conditions were 5000 BKN; 10 M Vis with haze; wind 150@ 25kts. I had just come from ZZZ and had been up with Approach. Approach assigned me 3500' to get me above high speed jet traffic. As this provided good visibility and more favorable winds I remained there until my decent. The other aircraft was either not equipped with ADS-B or ADS-B Out may not be working correctly as I had no aircraft return or warnings visual or audio. The first I saw him was through my chin bubble moving left to right; wings level in a slight climb. I made several attempts to contact the aircraft on CTAF frequencies with no success. I immediately called [Dispatch] about the incursion. Upon landing I was provided the flight track and N number of the aircraft that passed underneath. I tracked it to a flight school in. I called the flight school and spoke to the instructor who confirmed he was in the aircraft performing maneuvers and had seen me on TCAS. He claimed he had tried to avoid me but never saw me. He told me his TCAS had me 200 ft above him. At this point I ended the conversation and thanked him for his time. Continuing this conversation beyond confirmation is not my responsibility. I know my systems were working very well because 10 min prior I had picked up high speed traffic flying [nearby] and was able to call it out to my crew. I believe the flight school should address TCAS warnings and avoidance by more than 200 ft. I have notified my [Chief Pilot]; I will submit safety reports as well.
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.