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Air carrier freighter crew complains of no TCASII on freight aircraft after an near midair collision with another aircraft in class a airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 458737 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 21300 msl bound upper : 23000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 1350 flight time type : 1265 |
| ASRS Report | 458737 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa other flight crewb other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Near midair collision approximately 10 mi west of atl. We were climbing through FL213 to an assigned altitude of FL230. The controller issued a TA and we replied we were looking. The traffic was issued as 12 O'clock opposite direction jet. We turned on the landing lights. We saw the traffic as it passed over us. The jet said his TCASII issued an RA and that he missed us by 500 ft. The pilot said he would report the incident. Please install TCASII on cargo airplanes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FREIGHTER CREW COMPLAINS OF NO TCASII ON FREIGHT ACFT AFTER AN NMAC WITH ANOTHER ACFT IN CLASS A AIRSPACE.
Narrative: NMAC APPROX 10 MI W OF ATL. WE WERE CLBING THROUGH FL213 TO AN ASSIGNED ALT OF FL230. THE CTLR ISSUED A TA AND WE REPLIED WE WERE LOOKING. THE TFC WAS ISSUED AS 12 O'CLOCK OPPOSITE DIRECTION JET. WE TURNED ON THE LNDG LIGHTS. WE SAW THE TFC AS IT PASSED OVER US. THE JET SAID HIS TCASII ISSUED AN RA AND THAT HE MISSED US BY 500 FT. THE PLT SAID HE WOULD RPT THE INCIDENT. PLEASE INSTALL TCASII ON CARGO AIRPLANES.
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.