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Flight crew of a fokker 100 stopped descent on STAR arrival in response to a TCASII RA and observed a beech 1900 airliner commuter 1000 ft below and off to the side going in the opposite direction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 430600 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : rbv.vortac |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10300 msl bound upper : 11000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc tower : mem.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival star : minks 1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 430600 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1000 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
ATC gave us clearance to cross rbv at 8000 ft. Descending through 11000 ft, TCASII TA indicated traffic 12 O'clock, 100 ft below us and descending. At 10300 ft, TCASII RA then commanded a climb. We returned to 11000 ft as traffic passed blow us in opposite direction at 10000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A FOKKER 100 STOPPED DSCNT ON STAR ARR IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII RA AND OBSERVED A BEECH 1900 AIRLINER COMMUTER 1000 FT BELOW AND OFF TO THE SIDE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Narrative: ATC GAVE US CLRNC TO CROSS RBV AT 8000 FT. DSNDING THROUGH 11000 FT, TCASII TA INDICATED TFC 12 O'CLOCK, 100 FT BELOW US AND DSNDING. AT 10300 FT, TCASII RA THEN COMMANDED A CLB. WE RETURNED TO 11000 FT AS TFC PASSED BLOW US IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT 10000 FT.
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.