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Attributes | |
ACN | 939468 |
Time | |
Date | 201103 |
Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Jet/Long Ranger/206 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Route In Use | Direct |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | T45 (or T2C) Goshawk |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Route In Use | Vectors |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
After departure from a hospital pad I contacted tower for clearance through the airspace. Tower cleared me through the airspace at 800 ft or above and notified me of inbound traffic 8 miles out. I was less than 3 miles from the airfield at the time of receiving the clearance and continued my climb to 800 ft for a midfield crossing on a heading of 060. As I approached the north east side of the airfield a pair of T-45s in formation passed from left to right less than 500 ft in front of and 100 ft above my aircraft. No alerts were given to me by tower; [and] TCAS did not activate until the T-45s were already past me. I estimate the speed of the T-45s to have been in excess of 300 KTS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An EMS helicopter pilot reported an NMAC with two T-45s at low altitude and high speed over a Naval Air Station.
Narrative: After departure from a hospital pad I contacted Tower for clearance through the airspace. Tower cleared me through the airspace at 800 FT or above and notified me of inbound traffic 8 miles out. I was less than 3 miles from the airfield at the time of receiving the clearance and continued my climb to 800 FT for a midfield crossing on a heading of 060. As I approached the north east side of the airfield a pair of T-45s in formation passed from left to right less than 500 FT in front of and 100 FT above my aircraft. No alerts were given to me by Tower; [and] TCAS did not activate until the T-45s were already past me. I estimate the speed of the T-45s to have been in excess of 300 KTS.
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.