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Near midair collision between an light transport in cruise and 2 military fighters descending through the light transport's altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 298398 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : act |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Fighting Falcon F16 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : other |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 256 flight time total : 5400 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 298398 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 500 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Just passing act VORTAC inbound to dfw at 5000 ft approach issued a traffic alert for 6 O'clock traffic, less than 1 mi, descending through 6000 ft. I asked for a turn and was given an immediate right turn to 090 degrees. When I checked left, I saw 2 F-16's in route formation descending through our altitude about 500 ft away. I obtained their call sign in order to contact the FAA. Approach control informed me that they were VFR and not talking to anyone.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN AN LTT IN CRUISE AND 2 MIL FIGHTERS DSNDING THROUGH THE LTT'S ALT.
Narrative: JUST PASSING ACT VORTAC INBOUND TO DFW AT 5000 FT APCH ISSUED A TFC ALERT FOR 6 O'CLOCK TFC, LESS THAN 1 MI, DSNDING THROUGH 6000 FT. I ASKED FOR A TURN AND WAS GIVEN AN IMMEDIATE R TURN TO 090 DEGS. WHEN I CHKED L, I SAW 2 F-16'S IN RTE FORMATION DSNDING THROUGH OUR ALT ABOUT 500 FT AWAY. I OBTAINED THEIR CALL SIGN IN ORDER TO CONTACT THE FAA. APCH CTL INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE VFR AND NOT TALKING TO ANYONE.
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.