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Attributes | |
ACN | 533621 |
Time | |
Date | 200112 |
Day | Wed |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : pwa.airport |
State Reference | OK |
Altitude | msl single value : 10000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw.artcc tower : mco.tower |
Operator | general aviation : corporate |
Make Model Name | Super King Air 200/Huron |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | PA-23-250 Aztec |
Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5400 flight time type : 300 |
ASRS Report | 533621 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Events | |
Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne critical non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action |
Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 500 vertical : 0 |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On approach into pwa, I was cleared to 10000 ft by ftw center. At approximately 11000 ft, I observed traffic at my 11 O'clock position. As it became apparent the traffic was on a collision course, I steepened my descent and attempted to contact ftw center for advisories. When pending collision became obvious, I initiated a steep descent at approximately 45 degrees left bank to avoid the other aircraft. The aircraft, a piper aztec passed through my windscreen at approximately 500 ft above me. At this time I was at approximately 9500 ft and in a steep descent. During my leveloff, center advised me to contact okc approach. Upon contact, I was asked my last assigned altitude which I reported to 10000 ft. I also told okc approach I had attempted to contact ftw center and asked okc approach if they had seen the aztec. The response was to contact okc approach upon landing. Upon leveloff from the action I took to avoid the collision, my altitude was approximately 7500 ft at which time observed another aircraft at my 12 O'clock position, a turbine commander which was above me at estimated 8000 ft. I did not initiate a climb back to assigned altitude because of that aircraft and the fact that I, at that point, was talking to okc approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BEECH 200 PLT INCREASED DSCNT AND BANKED STEEPLY TO AVOID A PIPER AZTEC ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A COLLISION COURSE.
Narrative: ON APCH INTO PWA, I WAS CLRED TO 10000 FT BY FTW CTR. AT APPROX 11000 FT, I OBSERVED TFC AT MY 11 O'CLOCK POS. AS IT BECAME APPARENT THE TFC WAS ON A COLLISION COURSE, I STEEPENED MY DSCNT AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT FTW CTR FOR ADVISORIES. WHEN PENDING COLLISION BECAME OBVIOUS, I INITIATED A STEEP DSCNT AT APPROX 45 DEGS L BANK TO AVOID THE OTHER ACFT. THE ACFT, A PIPER AZTEC PASSED THROUGH MY WINDSCREEN AT APPROX 500 FT ABOVE ME. AT THIS TIME I WAS AT APPROX 9500 FT AND IN A STEEP DSCNT. DURING MY LEVELOFF, CTR ADVISED ME TO CONTACT OKC APCH. UPON CONTACT, I WAS ASKED MY LAST ASSIGNED ALT WHICH I RPTED TO 10000 FT. I ALSO TOLD OKC APCH I HAD ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT FTW CTR AND ASKED OKC APCH IF THEY HAD SEEN THE AZTEC. THE RESPONSE WAS TO CONTACT OKC APCH UPON LNDG. UPON LEVELOFF FROM THE ACTION I TOOK TO AVOID THE COLLISION, MY ALT WAS APPROX 7500 FT AT WHICH TIME OBSERVED ANOTHER ACFT AT MY 12 O'CLOCK POS, A TURBINE COMMANDER WHICH WAS ABOVE ME AT ESTIMATED 8000 FT. I DID NOT INITIATE A CLB BACK TO ASSIGNED ALT BECAUSE OF THAT ACFT AND THE FACT THAT I, AT THAT POINT, WAS TALKING TO OKC APCH.
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.