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Large transport flight crew stopped descent and climbed 40 mi from destination in response to a TCASII RA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 556590 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200207 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : ind.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 556590 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 9000 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Reducing airspeed at 10000 ft, cleared to 7000 ft, observed TCASII target. Got a climb resolution. Climbed to 10700 ft and advised ind approach. Believed separation reduced to 1-2 mi horizontal and 200 ft vertical.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LGT FLC STOPPED DSCNT AND CLBED 40 MI FROM DEST IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII RA.
Narrative: REDUCING AIRSPD AT 10000 FT, CLRED TO 7000 FT, OBSERVED TCASII TARGET. GOT A CLB RESOLUTION. CLBED TO 10700 FT AND ADVISED IND APCH. BELIEVED SEPARATION REDUCED TO 1-2 MI HORIZ AND 200 FT VERT.
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.