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Air carrier B767 receives TCASII RA and climbs 1000 ft to avoid small bus jet climbing. Unknown if bus was IFR or VFR or under ATC control.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 372111 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mpto airport : pty |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pty |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 372111 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 372110 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 6000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Descending from 6000 ft to 4000 ft, TCASII RA appeared and instructed us to climb to avoid traffic at 11 O'clock, 4000 ft and climbing towards us. We climbed about 1000 ft and traffic cleared off our left side approximately 1 mi.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR B767 RECEIVES TCASII RA AND CLBS 1000 FT TO AVOID SMALL BUS JET CLBING. UNKNOWN IF BUS WAS IFR OR VFR OR UNDER ATC CTL.
Narrative: DSNDING FROM 6000 FT TO 4000 FT, TCASII RA APPEARED AND INSTRUCTED US TO CLB TO AVOID TFC AT 11 O'CLOCK, 4000 FT AND CLBING TOWARDS US. WE CLBED ABOUT 1000 FT AND TFC CLRED OFF OUR L SIDE APPROX 1 MI.
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.