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Flight of two fgt climbed above assigned altitude of 14000' and came within 400' of colliding with an large transport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 173554 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199103 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : fmy |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 16000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma tower : crq |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Fighter |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 6 controller radar : 3 |
| ASRS Report | 173554 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : military |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : military |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot conflict : nmac non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 400 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Military pilot climbed to an altitude given to another military flight. The military pilot advised 'that was too close.' by then he was approximately 1000' above the large transport. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter stated the closest point was 400'. Military pilot said he would file a hatr with military officials. Reporter has 2.5 yrs radar experience and 6.5 non-radar experience. A pilot deviation was filed against the military pilot. Type of aircraft were flight of 2 fgt. Military flight were climbing to 14000'. The incident occurred at 16000'.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT OF TWO FGT CLIMBED ABOVE ASSIGNED ALT OF 14000' AND CAME WITHIN 400' OF COLLIDING WITH AN LGT.
Narrative: MIL PLT CLBED TO AN ALT GIVEN TO ANOTHER MIL FLT. THE MIL PLT ADVISED 'THAT WAS TOO CLOSE.' BY THEN HE WAS APPROX 1000' ABOVE THE LGT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR STATED THE CLOSEST POINT WAS 400'. MIL PLT SAID HE WOULD FILE A HATR WITH MIL OFFICIALS. RPTR HAS 2.5 YRS RADAR EXPERIENCE AND 6.5 NON-RADAR EXPERIENCE. A PLTDEV WAS FILED AGAINST THE MIL PLT. TYPE OF ACFT WERE FLT OF 2 FGT. MIL FLT WERE CLBING TO 14000'. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 16000'.
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.