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Near midair collision between 2 climbing rj's with overtaking rj Y on a visual separation climb clearance from rj X, 20 mi southeast of pit, PA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 576655 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pit.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Do 328 TP (Turboprop) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pit.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 576655 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On climb out on mar/mon/03 at XA10 at 20 NM southeast of pit airport, around 8000 ft, we queried ATC about an aircraft 5-10 mi at our 4 O'clock position if that aircraft had us in sight. We heard ATC clear him to a higher altitude and to maintain visual with us. He said he had us in sight and to level off at 10000 ft instead of our original 11000 ft. We leveled off and I told the captain to descend (or don't climb). He pushed the nose of the aircraft over and then we got an RA to climb. At that moment, the other aircraft passed over us at +100 ft, according to the TCASII display. This incident was caused by the failure of the other aircraft to maintain visual conditions with us (as cleared) and leveling off at a lower altitude than assigned to accelerate to a cruise climb.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN 2 CLBING RJ'S WITH OVERTAKING RJ Y ON A VISUAL SEPARATION CLB CLRNC FROM RJ X, 20 MI SE OF PIT, PA.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT ON MAR/MON/03 AT XA10 AT 20 NM SE OF PIT ARPT, AROUND 8000 FT, WE QUERIED ATC ABOUT AN ACFT 5-10 MI AT OUR 4 O'CLOCK POS IF THAT ACFT HAD US IN SIGHT. WE HEARD ATC CLR HIM TO A HIGHER ALT AND TO MAINTAIN VISUAL WITH US. HE SAID HE HAD US IN SIGHT AND TO LEVEL OFF AT 10000 FT INSTEAD OF OUR ORIGINAL 11000 FT. WE LEVELED OFF AND I TOLD THE CAPT TO DSND (OR DON'T CLB). HE PUSHED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT OVER AND THEN WE GOT AN RA TO CLB. AT THAT MOMENT, THE OTHER ACFT PASSED OVER US AT +100 FT, ACCORDING TO THE TCASII DISPLAY. THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE OTHER ACFT TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONDITIONS WITH US (AS CLRED) AND LEVELING OFF AT A LOWER ALT THAN ASSIGNED TO ACCELERATE TO A CRUISE CLB.
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.