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On climbout and vector had near midair collision with small aircraft transiting the area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 171881 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199103 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : psp |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3400 msl bound upper : 3600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : psp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 171881 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 172608 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 400 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
My first officer confirmed a blocked radio transmission was for our flight. The departure controller said it was and told us to stop our turn at 360 degrees short of assigned 070 degrees. I had to devote my attention to compass to see our heading at this time, which was 360 degrees. As I rolled wings level my first officer pointed at 11 O'clock and called traffic. I observed a low wing single engine aircraft making a left to right bank to avoid our aircraft. Traffic was approximately 100' vertical and 300-400' latitude distance opp direction. The total time of event from sighting to passing was 2-3 seconds. I was not able to respond to any evasive action on my part. Upon telling departure control of this, he said that we were at 3000' MSL and the other aircraft was at 4000' MSL. My best estimate of our altitude was 3400-3600' at the time. My first officer said he had heard an transmission to someone of our position and after aircraft responded to having us in sight was told to maintain visibility sep. We were not advised of his position, however, and feel that would have alerted us to possible conflict. Major factors I feel was captain having to go inside to check present heading, first officer requirement to set new heading bug, not being advised of traffic, traffic being in blind spot of overhead panel during turn.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ON CLIMBOUT AND VECTOR HAD NMAC WITH SMA TRANSITING THE AREA.
Narrative: MY F/O CONFIRMED A BLOCKED RADIO XMISSION WAS FOR OUR FLT. THE DEP CTLR SAID IT WAS AND TOLD US TO STOP OUR TURN AT 360 DEGS SHORT OF ASSIGNED 070 DEGS. I HAD TO DEVOTE MY ATTN TO COMPASS TO SEE OUR HDG AT THIS TIME, WHICH WAS 360 DEGS. AS I ROLLED WINGS LEVEL MY F/O POINTED AT 11 O'CLOCK AND CALLED TFC. I OBSERVED A LOW WING SINGLE ENG ACFT MAKING A LEFT TO RIGHT BANK TO AVOID OUR ACFT. TFC WAS APPROX 100' VERT AND 300-400' LAT DISTANCE OPP DIRECTION. THE TOTAL TIME OF EVENT FROM SIGHTING TO PASSING WAS 2-3 SECS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY EVASIVE ACTION ON MY PART. UPON TELLING DEP CTL OF THIS, HE SAID THAT WE WERE AT 3000' MSL AND THE OTHER ACFT WAS AT 4000' MSL. MY BEST ESTIMATE OF OUR ALT WAS 3400-3600' AT THE TIME. MY F/O SAID HE HAD HEARD AN XMISSION TO SOMEONE OF OUR POS AND AFTER ACFT RESPONDED TO HAVING US IN SIGHT WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN VIS SEP. WE WERE NOT ADVISED OF HIS POS, HOWEVER, AND FEEL THAT WOULD HAVE ALERTED US TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT. MAJOR FACTORS I FEEL WAS CAPT HAVING TO GO INSIDE TO CHK PRESENT HDG, F/O REQUIREMENT TO SET NEW HDG BUG, NOT BEING ADVISED OF TFC, TFC BEING IN BLIND SPOT OF OVERHEAD PANEL DURING TURN.
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.