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Near midair collision between a beech airliner 1900 climbing out on departure and an unknown aircraft coming in the opposite direction and passing over at 300 ft above. TCASII alerted traffic coming in the opposite direction and the departure controller instructed the reporter to level off and turn left.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 427733 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bdr |
| State Reference | CT |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2900 msl bound upper : 3300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Route In Use | departure other enroute airway : bdr |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 274 flight time total : 940 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 427733 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | vertical : 300 |
Narrative:
Departing runway 29 at bdr airport we were given a heading 110 degrees and climb to 3000 ft from bdr tower. We were handed off to new york approach. New york then vectored us to a heading of 140 degrees. At a heading of 140 degrees and climbing to 3000 ft, another aircraft was at approximately 3300 ft (TCASII indicated 300-400 ft above us) heading directly at us. New york approach told us to level off immediately and turn left heading 090 degrees. At the time we were told to level off, our altitude was approximately 2900 ft. TCASII went off and issued a traffic alert.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN A BEECH AIRLINER 1900 CLBING OUT ON DEP AND AN UNKNOWN ACFT COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND PASSING OVER AT 300 FT ABOVE. TCASII ALERTED TFC COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND THE DEP CTLR INSTRUCTED THE RPTR TO LEVEL OFF AND TURN L.
Narrative: DEPARTING RWY 29 AT BDR ARPT WE WERE GIVEN A HDG 110 DEGS AND CLB TO 3000 FT FROM BDR TWR. WE WERE HANDED OFF TO NEW YORK APCH. NEW YORK THEN VECTORED US TO A HDG OF 140 DEGS. AT A HDG OF 140 DEGS AND CLBING TO 3000 FT, ANOTHER ACFT WAS AT APPROX 3300 FT (TCASII INDICATED 300-400 FT ABOVE US) HDG DIRECTLY AT US. NEW YORK APCH TOLD US TO LEVEL OFF IMMEDIATELY AND TURN L HDG 090 DEGS. AT THE TIME WE WERE TOLD TO LEVEL OFF, OUR ALT WAS APPROX 2900 FT. TCASII WENT OFF AND ISSUED A TFC ALERT.
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.