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Flight crew of B767 cleared to descend on approach has TCASII activate and an aircraft pass within 200 ft vertical. Controller says #2 aircraft in radar contact.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 385097 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rdu |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : rdu |
| 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 | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 385097 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
ATC facility: rdu approach. Location: approximately 6 NM northeast of prstn intersection ILS runway 23R, rdu. In the terminal area approach control issued vector 270 degrees. About 5-6 NM northeast of prstn at 5000 ft approach issued descent to 3000 ft. Autothrottle/autoplt system disconnected. TCASII issued a descent of 1200-1400 FPM. First officer responded to the RA. The aircraft passed within 200 ft vertical separation. The controller was alerted to the incident. The controller advised the aircraft was in radar contact when questioned about near miss. Shortly after the incident we were cleared for a visual approach to runway 23L. VFR condition existed at the time of the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF B767 CLRED TO DSND ON APCH HAS TCASII ACTIVATE AND AN ACFT PASS WITHIN 200 FT VERT. CTLR SAYS #2 ACFT IN RADAR CONTACT.
Narrative: ATC FACILITY: RDU APCH. LOCATION: APPROX 6 NM NE OF PRSTN INTXN ILS RWY 23R, RDU. IN THE TERMINAL AREA APCH CTL ISSUED VECTOR 270 DEGS. ABOUT 5-6 NM NE OF PRSTN AT 5000 FT APCH ISSUED DSCNT TO 3000 FT. AUTOTHROTTLE/AUTOPLT SYS DISCONNECTED. TCASII ISSUED A DSCNT OF 1200-1400 FPM. FO RESPONDED TO THE RA. THE ACFT PASSED WITHIN 200 FT VERT SEPARATION. THE CTLR WAS ALERTED TO THE INCIDENT. THE CTLR ADVISED THE ACFT WAS IN RADAR CONTACT WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT NEAR MISS. SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 23L. VFR CONDITION EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
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.