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An unidentified air carrier aircraft on initial climb experienced a close encounter with an inbound C-172.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 906524 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZME.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 400 |
Narrative:
Our takeoff clearance from tower mentioned traffic about 7 miles out at 4;000' was a C172 inbound for landing. I intended to climb quickly over traffic and sidestep to the left of where I understood the traffic would be. The captain made [traffic] call outs from TCAS information on the mfd and we realized we were on a collision course and not able to climb over him. I made more of an effort to level off [quicker] with a slight descent. At our closest moment I saw him diving in a right turn towards us as we flew by him. I saw the top of his wing; turning towards us with the TCAS saying monitor vertical speed. We cleared him by 400 feet. I wouldn't have accepted takeoff clearance if I had known he was 3-4 miles out on a straight in visual approach to either runway that we were departing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An unidentified air carrier aircraft on initial climb experienced a close encounter with an inbound C-172.
Narrative: Our takeoff clearance from tower mentioned traffic about 7 miles out at 4;000' was a C172 inbound for landing. I intended to climb quickly over traffic and sidestep to the left of where I understood the traffic would be. The Captain made [traffic] call outs from TCAS information on the MFD and we realized we were on a collision course and not able to climb over him. I made more of an effort to level off [quicker] with a slight descent. At our closest moment I saw him diving in a right turn towards us as we flew by him. I saw the top of his wing; turning towards us with the TCAS saying monitor vertical speed. We cleared him by 400 feet. I wouldn't have accepted takeoff clearance if I had known he was 3-4 miles out on a straight in visual approach to either runway that we were departing.
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.