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Near midair collision between an large transport descending and an MTR joining up alongside in a formation flight for a few mins.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 331570 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199603 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : fwa |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 16000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : fwa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Military |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 331570 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 70 |
| ASRS Report | 331438 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment |
| Consequence | faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 100 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
An unk small jet fighter type trainer (red) joined in formation with us for approximately 5 mins, then departed the area. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the other aircraft was a privately owned military gnat jet trainer. He stated that the fwa ATC approach personnel advised that they had been told that the formation flight had been prearranged and that the other aircraft was not on a flight plan. The captain suspected that the arrangement, if made, was between his first officer and the other aircraft pilot. He further stated that the first officer had been off flying status for a period of time, and thinks that it may have been connected to this incident. He said that he received a letter from the FAA asking for more information as a result of the near midair collision report that he had submitted.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN AN LGT DSNDING AND AN MTR JOINING UP ALONGSIDE IN A FORMATION FLT FOR A FEW MINS.
Narrative: AN UNK SMALL JET FIGHTER TYPE TRAINER (RED) JOINED IN FORMATION WITH US FOR APPROX 5 MINS, THEN DEPARTED THE AREA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE OTHER ACFT WAS A PRIVATELY OWNED MIL GNAT JET TRAINER. HE STATED THAT THE FWA ATC APCH PERSONNEL ADVISED THAT THEY HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THE FORMATION FLT HAD BEEN PREARRANGED AND THAT THE OTHER ACFT WAS NOT ON A FLT PLAN. THE CAPT SUSPECTED THAT THE ARRANGEMENT, IF MADE, WAS BTWN HIS FO AND THE OTHER ACFT PLT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE FO HAD BEEN OFF FLYING STATUS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND THINKS THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO THIS INCIDENT. HE SAID THAT HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE FAA ASKING FOR MORE INFO AS A RESULT OF THE NMAC RPT THAT HE HAD SUBMITTED.
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.