An MD80 flight crew responded to a TCAS RA with an opposite direction king air.

Attributes
ACN	841100
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	COVIE
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR BONHAM FIVE
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	King Air C90 E90
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 1200
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Vertical 200

Narrative:

In broken clouds on the bonham five arrival just south of byp at 12000' we received a traffic call for a king air at 11500 ft opposite direction. A few seconds later we responded to an RA 'climb' warning with traffic indicated at 12 o'clock 200 ft below and climbing. We notified ATC and climbed until the warning stopped at 13;000 ft. We then notified ATC and descended via the arrival when clear of conflict.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD80 flight crew responded to a TCAS RA with an opposite direction King Air.

Narrative: In broken clouds on the BONHAM FIVE arrival just south of BYP at 12000' we received a traffic call for a King Air at 11500 FT opposite direction. A few seconds later we responded to an RA 'climb' warning with traffic indicated at 12 o'clock 200 FT below and climbing. We notified ATC and climbed until the warning stopped at 13;000 FT. We then notified ATC and descended via the arrival when clear of conflict.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.