A dc-10 flight crew was issued a heading clearance that would have created a critical conflict with ...

Attributes
ACN	313230
Time
Date	199508
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mem
State Reference	TN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 17700 msl bound upper : 18000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	313230
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 15000 vertical : 300
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

We were cleared to FL230 by ZME. We were heading 040 degrees at 320 KIAS climbing. We were told to turn left and level off at FL220. Turning left would have turned us into the traffic. Traffic passed at FL180 approximately 3 NM away. We saw traffic at 17700 ft. ZME accepted full responsibility for the problem to us after we called them once we landed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC-10 FLC WAS ISSUED A HDG CLRNC THAT WOULD HAVE CREATED A CRITICAL CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER ACFT.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO FL230 BY ZME. WE WERE HDG 040 DEGS AT 320 KIAS CLBING. WE WERE TOLD TO TURN L AND LEVEL OFF AT FL220. TURNING L WOULD HAVE TURNED US INTO THE TFC. TFC PASSED AT FL180 APPROX 3 NM AWAY. WE SAW TFC AT 17700 FT. ZME ACCEPTED FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROB TO US AFTER WE CALLED THEM ONCE WE LANDED.

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.

A dc-10 flight crew was issued a heading clearance that would have created a critical conflict with another aircraft.