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Flight crew of widebody transport air carrier aircraft took evasive action to avoid another aircraft approaching head-on.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 225390 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199210 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6500 msl bound upper : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 225390 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 225395 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2000 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Air carrier flight #1 operating from dfw-abq, departed runway 35L at dfw on a 345 degree heading with clearance to 10000 ft on the worth- 5 departure. Frequency 124.25 ahead of us (dfw-ont) to level at 7000 ft. #2 replied 'we are passing 15000 ft.' at that moment at approximately 6500 ft and climbing, we saw an air carrier medium large transport head on. At 6800 ft we started a left turn and the other aircraft turned to their left also. We had caught the controller mistake and were in the process of leveling out when the medium large transport came into view. I believe some of confusion may be due to the fact that our company assigns similar flight numbers to flts that depart or arrive at the same time. This was brought to our safety of flight office attention when we discussed this incident with them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF WDB ACR ACFT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID ANOTHER ACFT APCHING HEAD-ON.
Narrative: ACR FLT #1 OPERATING FROM DFW-ABQ, DEPARTED RWY 35L AT DFW ON A 345 DEG HDG WITH CLRNC TO 10000 FT ON THE WORTH- 5 DEP. FREQ 124.25 AHEAD OF US (DFW-ONT) TO LEVEL AT 7000 FT. #2 REPLIED 'WE ARE PASSING 15000 FT.' AT THAT MOMENT AT APPROX 6500 FT AND CLBING, WE SAW AN ACR MLG HEAD ON. AT 6800 FT WE STARTED A L TURN AND THE OTHER ACFT TURNED TO THEIR L ALSO. WE HAD CAUGHT THE CTLR MISTAKE AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF LEVELING OUT WHEN THE MLG CAME INTO VIEW. I BELIEVE SOME OF CONFUSION MAY BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR COMPANY ASSIGNS SIMILAR FLT NUMBERS TO FLTS THAT DEPART OR ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR SAFETY OF FLT OFFICE ATTN WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS INCIDENT WITH THEM.
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.