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Reporter claims a parachute aircraft in the vicinity of vcn climbed through a main arrival area, was not in contact with ATC as required to receive traffic information.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 631265 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : vcn.vortac |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : phl.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : 105 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 3 controller radar : 11 |
| ASRS Report | 631265 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne critical inflight encounter : skydivers non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : radar/mode c aircraft equipment : tcas other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory flight crew : took evasive action |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 6000 vertical : 300 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
This is a continual problem and extreme safety hazard. Parachute aircraft with this company climb directly through a main arrival corridor for phl airspace. Arrs arriving over vcn VORTAC. Aircraft X encountered one of these aircraft climbing through his flight path. Aircraft X was level at 6000 ft and the jump aircraft was climbing through 5800 ft not receiving radar advisories.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR CLAIMS A PARACHUTE ACFT IN THE VICINITY OF VCN CLBED THROUGH A MAIN ARR AREA, WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH ATC AS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE TFC INFO.
Narrative: THIS IS A CONTINUAL PROB AND EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. PARACHUTE ACFT WITH THIS COMPANY CLB DIRECTLY THROUGH A MAIN ARR CORRIDOR FOR PHL AIRSPACE. ARRS ARRIVING OVER VCN VORTAC. ACFT X ENCOUNTERED ONE OF THESE ACFT CLBING THROUGH HIS FLT PATH. ACFT X WAS LEVEL AT 6000 FT AND THE JUMP ACFT WAS CLBING THROUGH 5800 FT NOT RECEIVING RADAR ADVISORIES.
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.