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The PIC of an MD80 at 10000 ft has a potential conflict with a king air BE90 which was about to exit the skydivers standing in the door, 33 NM southeast of sjc, ca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 556510 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200208 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4600 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : o90.tracon tower : phl.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors arrival star : el nido |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : o90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | King Air C90 E90 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 556510 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne critical inflight encounter : skydivers non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory flight crew : took evasive action |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2500 vertical : 400 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We were filed stl-sjc flight plan to sjc via the el nido arrival (hyp.HYP5
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE PIC OF AN MD80 AT 10000 FT HAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH A KING AIR BE90 WHICH WAS ABOUT TO EXIT THE SKYDIVERS STANDING IN THE DOOR, 33 NM SE OF SJC, CA.
Narrative: WE WERE FILED STL-SJC FLT PLAN TO SJC VIA THE EL NIDO ARR (HYP.HYP5
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.