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An air carrier flight crew flying a B737-200 near fll reports a TCASII RA and near midair collision while holding at 4000 ft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 487210 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : holding |
| Route In Use | arrival : holding pattern |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma.artcc |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 487210 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
360 degree heading 4000 ft MSL, box pattern holding by center waiting for thunderstorm to pass fll. TCASII RA, 'climb, climb' with traffic 'pop-up' 200 ft below us. We initiated a climb to 4300 ft and notified ATC. ATC indicated no traffic at that altitude. We again looked back at the TCASII and found him to be 3 mi behind us and 2000 ft below our altitude. We returned to 4000 ft MSL. We believe that the traffic might have been performing acrobatic maneuvers in the area we were holding.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING A B737-200 NEAR FLL RPTS A TCASII RA AND NMAC WHILE HOLDING AT 4000 FT.
Narrative: 360 DEG HDG 4000 FT MSL, BOX PATTERN HOLDING BY CTR WAITING FOR TSTM TO PASS FLL. TCASII RA, 'CLB, CLB' WITH TFC 'POP-UP' 200 FT BELOW US. WE INITIATED A CLB TO 4300 FT AND NOTIFIED ATC. ATC INDICATED NO TFC AT THAT ALT. WE AGAIN LOOKED BACK AT THE TCASII AND FOUND HIM TO BE 3 MI BEHIND US AND 2000 FT BELOW OUR ALT. WE RETURNED TO 4000 FT MSL. WE BELIEVE THAT THE TFC MIGHT HAVE BEEN PERFORMING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS IN THE AREA WE WERE HOLDING.
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.