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Flight crew of an MD88 leveled off during climb in response to a TCASII RA. Traffic was ahead and closing and 500 ft above. Continued climb may have brought aircraft together. When flight crew checked in with ARTCC the controller advised that the traffic was now on his radar scope.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 414090 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 13000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-88 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other enroute : on vectors enroute airway : zid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 183 flight time total : 13788 flight time type : 3868 |
| ASRS Report | 414090 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 15000 vertical : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We were on climb out, after takeoff, being vectored by cvg departure control approximately 10 NM north of the airport. We had been cleared to 13000 ft shortly after takeoff. Departure control instructed a turn to 360 degree heading at 9000 ft. At 9000 ft we were sent to ZID and to proceed direct to ffo VOR. At 10500 ft, before checking in with ZID, we got a pop-up TCASII RA. The RA directed to monitor vertical speed. We leveled at 11000 ft and idented the traffic. The TCASII indicated the traffic was at 1 O'clock at 11500 ft, at approximately 2.5 NM. As we checked in with ZID, we indicated we were level at 11000 ft because of an RA and he confirmed the traffic on his radar.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MD88 LEVELED OFF DURING CLB IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII RA. TFC WAS AHEAD AND CLOSING AND 500 FT ABOVE. CONTINUED CLB MAY HAVE BROUGHT ACFT TOGETHER. WHEN FLC CHKED IN WITH ARTCC THE CTLR ADVISED THAT THE TFC WAS NOW ON HIS RADAR SCOPE.
Narrative: WE WERE ON CLBOUT, AFTER TKOF, BEING VECTORED BY CVG DEP CTL APPROX 10 NM N OF THE ARPT. WE HAD BEEN CLRED TO 13000 FT SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. DEP CTL INSTRUCTED A TURN TO 360 DEG HDG AT 9000 FT. AT 9000 FT WE WERE SENT TO ZID AND TO PROCEED DIRECT TO FFO VOR. AT 10500 FT, BEFORE CHKING IN WITH ZID, WE GOT A POP-UP TCASII RA. THE RA DIRECTED TO MONITOR VERT SPD. WE LEVELED AT 11000 FT AND IDENTED THE TFC. THE TCASII INDICATED THE TFC WAS AT 1 O'CLOCK AT 11500 FT, AT APPROX 2.5 NM. AS WE CHKED IN WITH ZID, WE INDICATED WE WERE LEVEL AT 11000 FT BECAUSE OF AN RA AND HE CONFIRMED THE TFC ON HIS RADAR.
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.