Reporter claims a near miss with a sbound C500 at 2100 ft on approach to T47 and reporter's E120 sebound at 2300 ft and after traffic had been issued by departure controller.

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Attributes
ACN	403269
Time
Date	199805
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sps
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2300 msl bound upper : 2300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sps
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Xingu EMB-121 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	departure other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Citation I
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	403269
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : exited adverse environment other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 500

Narrative:

After takeoff from runway 17 sps, turned to assigned 150 degree heading and climbed to assigned 2300 ft MSL. After a late handoff to departure, traffic (a cessna citation C500) was given by sps RAPCON and tcasi activated. The C500 was sbound on approach to kickapoo airport at 2100 ft MSL. An immediate climb was initiated to ensure a 500 ft miss distance. Current departure procedures for acrs do not provide adequate separation at sps. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: an near midair collision was filed with company. Reporter talked with the RAPCON watch supervisor about the incident and learned the C500 was VFR and had reporter in sight. Reporter's aircraft was an E120 with tcasi equipment. Reporter said that they got the TA before the traffic was issued and visually sighted the aircraft. Reporter stated there are no sids out of sps and indicated their departure was restr to 2300 ft for separation from T38 pattern traffic overhead.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR CLAIMS A NEAR MISS WITH A SBOUND C500 AT 2100 FT ON APCH TO T47 AND RPTR'S E120 SEBOUND AT 2300 FT AND AFTER TFC HAD BEEN ISSUED BY DEP CTLR.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM RWY 17 SPS, TURNED TO ASSIGNED 150 DEG HDG AND CLBED TO ASSIGNED 2300 FT MSL. AFTER A LATE HDOF TO DEP, TFC (A CESSNA CITATION C500) WAS GIVEN BY SPS RAPCON AND TCASI ACTIVATED. THE C500 WAS SBOUND ON APCH TO KICKAPOO ARPT AT 2100 FT MSL. AN IMMEDIATE CLB WAS INITIATED TO ENSURE A 500 FT MISS DISTANCE. CURRENT DEP PROCS FOR ACRS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SEPARATION AT SPS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: AN NMAC WAS FILED WITH COMPANY. RPTR TALKED WITH THE RAPCON WATCH SUPVR ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND LEARNED THE C500 WAS VFR AND HAD RPTR IN SIGHT. RPTR'S ACFT WAS AN E120 WITH TCASI EQUIP. RPTR SAID THAT THEY GOT THE TA BEFORE THE TFC WAS ISSUED AND VISUALLY SIGHTED THE ACFT. RPTR STATED THERE ARE NO SIDS OUT OF SPS AND INDICATED THEIR DEP WAS RESTR TO 2300 FT FOR SEPARATION FROM T38 PATTERN TFC OVERHEAD.

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.