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Altitude deviation altitude excursion by PIC of air carrier flight in flight crew response to TCASII RA. Opposite direction climbing traffic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 238483 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199304 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sat |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sat |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 7 controller radar : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 238483 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | vertical : 400 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Air carrier medium large transport was inbound to sat level at 6000 ft. Small aircraft was VFR at 5300 ft climbing to 5500 ft when traffic was issued. Air carrier advised his TCASII indicated the traffic was at 5600 ft and he was climbing in response to an RA. Sat was on cenrap plus at the time and altitude data was slow in updating on data block, so no altitude deviation was observed during the RA. The deviation is based only on the pilot's reporting his response to the RA.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ALTDEV ALT EXCURSION BY PIC OF ACR FLT IN FLC RESPONSE TO TCASII RA. OPPOSITE DIRECTION CLBING TFC.
Narrative: ACR MLG WAS INBOUND TO SAT LEVEL AT 6000 FT. SMA WAS VFR AT 5300 FT CLBING TO 5500 FT WHEN TFC WAS ISSUED. ACR ADVISED HIS TCASII INDICATED THE TFC WAS AT 5600 FT AND HE WAS CLBING IN RESPONSE TO AN RA. SAT WAS ON CENRAP PLUS AT THE TIME AND ALT DATA WAS SLOW IN UPDATING ON DATA BLOCK, SO NO ALTDEV WAS OBSERVED DURING THE RA. THE DEV IS BASED ONLY ON THE PLT'S RPTING HIS RESPONSE TO THE RA.
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.