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Air carrier on a visual approach sees another aircraft and at the same time receives an 'RA' from the TCASII. They evade the aircraft and continue the approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 301045 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199504 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : fmg airport : rno |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10200 msl bound upper : 10500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : rno |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual enroute airway : rno |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 244 flight time total : 7915 flight time type : 3987 |
| ASRS Report | 301045 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other |
| 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 | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 3000 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Approach control asked us if we had contact visually with a cessna at 11 O'clock. We said we had an aircraft at 11 O'clock and were then cleared for a visual approach. Subsequently we could see that the aircraft was not a cessna. I then saw the cessna and told the captain to climb. We received an alert from the TCASII followed by a command to climb. We climbed above 10500 ft and saw the cessna pass about 1/2 mi behind us and more than 1000 ft below us. The cessna was eastbound at 9500 ft. We then told approach control of our actions and resumed our visual approach to the reno airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR ON A VISUAL APCH SEES ANOTHER ACFT AND AT THE SAME TIME RECEIVES AN 'RA' FROM THE TCASII. THEY EVADE THE ACFT AND CONTINUE THE APCH.
Narrative: APCH CTL ASKED US IF WE HAD CONTACT VISUALLY WITH A CESSNA AT 11 O'CLOCK. WE SAID WE HAD AN ACFT AT 11 O'CLOCK AND WERE THEN CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH. SUBSEQUENTLY WE COULD SEE THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT A CESSNA. I THEN SAW THE CESSNA AND TOLD THE CAPT TO CLB. WE RECEIVED AN ALERT FROM THE TCASII FOLLOWED BY A COMMAND TO CLB. WE CLBED ABOVE 10500 FT AND SAW THE CESSNA PASS ABOUT 1/2 MI BEHIND US AND MORE THAN 1000 FT BELOW US. THE CESSNA WAS EBOUND AT 9500 FT. WE THEN TOLD APCH CTL OF OUR ACTIONS AND RESUMED OUR VISUAL APCH TO THE RENO ARPT.
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.