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Flight crew of an large transport air carrier aircraft took evasive action turn to avoid opposite direction traffic in cruise at high altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 261278 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199401 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : usr |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 28000 msl bound upper : 28000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : muha |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 261278 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 6000 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Northbound on a direct routing between usr and ursus at FL280 a TCASII RA was received and evasive action was taken. Conflict aircraft was sbound also at FL280. Our position was the usr 358 degree radial at 70 DME at the time of conflict. Upon questioning havana center said they had no traffic sbound at FL280. ZMA was called and also questioned. They said they would check it out. Several mins later they said they were on the phone with havana. We received no further information.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LGT ACR ACFT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TURN TO AVOID OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC IN CRUISE AT HIGH ALT.
Narrative: NBOUND ON A DIRECT ROUTING BTWN USR AND URSUS AT FL280 A TCASII RA WAS RECEIVED AND EVASIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN. CONFLICT ACFT WAS SBOUND ALSO AT FL280. OUR POS WAS THE USR 358 DEG RADIAL AT 70 DME AT THE TIME OF CONFLICT. UPON QUESTIONING HAVANA CTR SAID THEY HAD NO TFC SBOUND AT FL280. ZMA WAS CALLED AND ALSO QUESTIONED. THEY SAID THEY WOULD CHK IT OUT. SEVERAL MINS LATER THEY SAID THEY WERE ON THE PHONE WITH HAVANA. WE RECEIVED NO FURTHER INFO.
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.