Departure controller issued TA to departing air carrier B727. Flight crew received TCASII RA and maintained visual separation from helicopter 200 ft below. Potential conflict.

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Attributes
ACN	320431
Time
Date	199511
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 1200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia artcc : mhtg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Flight Phase	cruise other cruise other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	320431
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Departed runway 9L instructed to turn heading 075 degrees, contact departure. Departure control issued TA. Heads-up jump seating pilot pointed out traffic. TCASII TA followed immediately by RA. Increased climb rate to evade. Sbound helicopter at approximately 1000 ft AGL passed within 200 ft below. We owe a thank-you to the jump seat pilot for his alert response in pointing out a dangerous conflict.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DEP CTLR ISSUED TA TO DEPARTING ACR B727. FLC RECEIVED TCASII RA AND MAINTAINED VISUAL SEPARATION FROM HELI 200 FT BELOW. POTENTIAL CONFLICT.

Narrative: DEPARTED RWY 9L INSTRUCTED TO TURN HDG 075 DEGS, CONTACT DEP. DEP CTL ISSUED TA. HEADS-UP JUMP SEATING PLT POINTED OUT TFC. TCASII TA FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY RA. INCREASED CLB RATE TO EVADE. SBOUND HELI AT APPROX 1000 FT AGL PASSED WITHIN 200 FT BELOW. WE OWE A THANK-YOU TO THE JUMP SEAT PLT FOR HIS ALERT RESPONSE IN POINTING OUT A DANGEROUS CONFLICT.

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.