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Attributes | |
ACN | 729952 |
Time | |
Date | 200703 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : fll.airport |
State Reference | FL |
Altitude | msl single value : 500 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : fll.tower |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Cessna 340/340A |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Navigation In Use | other |
Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : fll.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Navigation In Use | other |
Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 15 |
ASRS Report | 729952 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air taxi |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 200 |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was flying the C340/a and departing runway 9R at fll. Tower cleared me for takeoff on runway 9R with a turn to heading of 360 degrees. (Runway 9L tower is a different frequency so I was not talking to them.) I departed runway 9R; climbed 400 ft AGL; and turned to a heading of 360 degrees. This put me right over the end of runway 9L at 500 ft MSL. I looked left as my TCAS alarm went off; to see a BE1900 looming in view; climbing right into me. I banked hard right and pulled up as the other aircraft disappeared beneath me. Being a smaller much slower aircraft; there really was little I could do to avoid being hit. I am fortunate that he was a few seconds behind me; or else.... I asked for the phone number of the control tower. The BE1900 also called me in the air to say that he had been given a heading upon takeoff of 060 degrees. I had been given a heading of 360 degrees. 2 aircraft departing parallel runways and given intersecting headings; both on IFR flight plans; talking to different tower controllers cannot be proper operation. I feel that ATC is clearly at fault. The tower relayed a message to me later in that same flight asking that I call them once on the ground. The supervisor apologized for the near midair collision; but said that both controllers had both aircraft in sight. I believe a change needs to take place on takeoff procedures at the ATC level for departing aircraft at fll. Otherwise; there will be midair collisions which will inevitably involve even more casualties on the ground in this heavily populated urban city.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IFR C340 DESCRIBED CONFLICT WHEN ASSIGNED 360 OFF RWY 9R AND IFR TFC OFF RWY 9L HEADING 060; ATC ALLEGED VISUAL SEPARATION; NO OPERROR.
Narrative: I WAS FLYING THE C340/A AND DEPARTING RWY 9R AT FLL. TWR CLRED ME FOR TKOF ON RWY 9R WITH A TURN TO HDG OF 360 DEGS. (RWY 9L TWR IS A DIFFERENT FREQ SO I WAS NOT TALKING TO THEM.) I DEPARTED RWY 9R; CLBED 400 FT AGL; AND TURNED TO A HDG OF 360 DEGS. THIS PUT ME RIGHT OVER THE END OF RWY 9L AT 500 FT MSL. I LOOKED L AS MY TCAS ALARM WENT OFF; TO SEE A BE1900 LOOMING IN VIEW; CLBING RIGHT INTO ME. I BANKED HARD R AND PULLED UP AS THE OTHER ACFT DISAPPEARED BENEATH ME. BEING A SMALLER MUCH SLOWER ACFT; THERE REALLY WAS LITTLE I COULD DO TO AVOID BEING HIT. I AM FORTUNATE THAT HE WAS A FEW SECONDS BEHIND ME; OR ELSE.... I ASKED FOR THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE CTL TWR. THE BE1900 ALSO CALLED ME IN THE AIR TO SAY THAT HE HAD BEEN GIVEN A HDG UPON TKOF OF 060 DEGS. I HAD BEEN GIVEN A HDG OF 360 DEGS. 2 ACFT DEPARTING PARALLEL RWYS AND GIVEN INTERSECTING HDGS; BOTH ON IFR FLT PLANS; TALKING TO DIFFERENT TWR CTLRS CANNOT BE PROPER OP. I FEEL THAT ATC IS CLRLY AT FAULT. THE TWR RELAYED A MESSAGE TO ME LATER IN THAT SAME FLT ASKING THAT I CALL THEM ONCE ON THE GND. THE SUPVR APOLOGIZED FOR THE NMAC; BUT SAID THAT BOTH CTLRS HAD BOTH ACFT IN SIGHT. I BELIEVE A CHANGE NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE ON TKOF PROCS AT THE ATC LEVEL FOR DEPARTING ACFT AT FLL. OTHERWISE; THERE WILL BE MIDAIR COLLISIONS WHICH WILL INEVITABLY INVOLVE EVEN MORE CASUALTIES ON THE GND IN THIS HEAVILY POPULATED URBAN CITY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.