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Near midair collision between air carrier widebody transport and small aircraft in class east airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 337267 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pbi |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pbi artcc : zlc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 337267 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 8800 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 336690 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 300 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
On approach to pbi approximately 15 mi northeast of airport, heading 180 degrees for radar vector to visual approach to runway 27R, descending to 3000 ft. Just prior to leveloff, I observed a white, high wing single engine (cessna type) aircraft directly in front of us and slightly below us, same direction of flight. First officer flying took evasive action and climbed to 3500 ft. We had no TCASII warning. Aircraft obviously had no transponder. Advised approach control who then stated they had a very weak primary target in that area. Solution: require transponder on all aircraft!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN ACR WDB AND SMA IN CLASS E AIRSPACE.
Narrative: ON APCH TO PBI APPROX 15 MI NE OF ARPT, HDG 180 DEGS FOR RADAR VECTOR TO VISUAL APCH TO RWY 27R, DSNDING TO 3000 FT. JUST PRIOR TO LEVELOFF, I OBSERVED A WHITE, HIGH WING SINGLE ENG (CESSNA TYPE) ACFT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US AND SLIGHTLY BELOW US, SAME DIRECTION OF FLT. FO FLYING TOOK EVASIVE ACTION AND CLBED TO 3500 FT. WE HAD NO TCASII WARNING. ACFT OBVIOUSLY HAD NO XPONDER. ADVISED APCH CTL WHO THEN STATED THEY HAD A VERY WEAK PRIMARY TARGET IN THAT AREA. SOLUTION: REQUIRE XPONDER ON ALL ACFT!
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.