MD90 crew and military fighters, in a near vertical climb, had a TCASII RA in slc class B.

Attributes
ACN	592030
Time
Date	200308
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc.airport
State Reference	UT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7800 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : s56.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-90 Series (DC-9-90) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer only : 17 other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival star : brigham two
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	military facility : hif.milfac
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Fighter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	592030
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Inter Facility Coordination Failure other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : s56.tracon

Narrative:

Passing carter, on the brighman city two arrival, once cleared the visual runway 17, we were also assigned 7800 ft or above pryes (12.3 DME). Near pryes we got a TCASII TA call and then an RA 'climb, climb' we complied on coming back down to the GS I think we passed pyres 300 ft low. The first officer does not think so. The TCASII RA was very distracting and was caused by rapidly climbing fighters or fighter off ogden AFB. If slc is going to start using runway 17 regularly for airliners, then the military fighters should not climb so rapidly. We got the TCASII RA from a fighter 3600 ft below us. He must have been climbing very quickly. They don't' have TCASII, so they don't know how they can affect airliners passing overhead.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD90 CREW AND MIL FIGHTERS, IN A NEAR VERT CLB, HAD A TCASII RA IN SLC CLASS B.

Narrative: PASSING CARTER, ON THE BRIGHMAN CITY TWO ARR, ONCE CLRED THE VISUAL RWY 17, WE WERE ALSO ASSIGNED 7800 FT OR ABOVE PRYES (12.3 DME). NEAR PRYES WE GOT A TCASII TA CALL AND THEN AN RA 'CLB, CLB' WE COMPLIED ON COMING BACK DOWN TO THE GS I THINK WE PASSED PYRES 300 FT LOW. THE FO DOES NOT THINK SO. THE TCASII RA WAS VERY DISTRACTING AND WAS CAUSED BY RAPIDLY CLBING FIGHTERS OR FIGHTER OFF OGDEN AFB. IF SLC IS GOING TO START USING RWY 17 REGULARLY FOR AIRLINERS, THEN THE MIL FIGHTERS SHOULD NOT CLB SO RAPIDLY. WE GOT THE TCASII RA FROM A FIGHTER 3600 FT BELOW US. HE MUST HAVE BEEN CLBING VERY QUICKLY. THEY DON'T' HAVE TCASII, SO THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN AFFECT AIRLINERS PASSING OVERHEAD.

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.