An air carrier flight crew received an RA from helicopter traffic on final at dal. They felt they sh...

Attributes
ACN	861831
Time
Date	200911
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DAL.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 178 Flight Crew Type 12500
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 201 Flight Crew Type 5300
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Cleared for a visual from downwind off of bowie arrival to 31L. Visibility was outstanding. Turned base and cleared to land on 31L. About 3 miles out intercepting final got a TA on a target that was low between the runways. Helicopter was acquired in sight and started to get monitor vertical speed. I (pilot flying) adjusted flight path. Tower advised us of traffic telling us that the helicopter had us in sight and was maintaining visual (first advisory) after traffic had already passed. Helicopter passed below and behind us and I continued landing approach. We received a climb RA after he was behind us at about 1000 ft AGL. I reacted with a small correction; but was sure threat behind us and landed normally. Both first officer and I were sure target was behind us and no factor; but realized that fom demands a go-around in landing configuration. I called the tower after landing and told them it would have been helpful to get an advisory upon initial contact so we could have been more prepared. TCAS system was the only alert we had as tower told us of traffic after the traffic had passed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew received an RA from helicopter traffic on final at DAL. They felt they should have been given an earlier heads-up from ATC.

Narrative: Cleared for a visual from downwind off of BOWIE Arrival to 31L. Visibility was outstanding. Turned base and cleared to land on 31L. About 3 miles out intercepting final got a TA on a target that was low between the runways. Helicopter was acquired in sight and started to get monitor vertical speed. I (Pilot Flying) adjusted flight path. Tower advised us of traffic telling us that the helicopter had us in sight and was maintaining visual (first advisory) after traffic had already passed. Helicopter passed below and behind us and I continued landing approach. We received a Climb RA after he was behind us at about 1000 FT AGL. I reacted with a small correction; but was sure threat behind us and landed normally. Both First Officer and I were sure target was behind us and no factor; but realized that FOM demands a go-around in landing configuration. I called the Tower after landing and told them it would have been helpful to get an advisory upon initial contact so we could have been more prepared. TCAS system was the only alert we had as Tower told us of traffic after the traffic had passed.

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.

An air carrier flight crew received an RA from helicopter traffic on final at dal. They felt they should have been given an earlier heads-up from ATC.