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An E140 flight crew on an inbound vector suffered a loss of separation with an outbound embraer cleared to climb through their altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 989308 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201201 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AMA.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 140 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 5000 Vertical 800 |
Narrative:
I was the pilot not flying while on the descent and flying a heading. ATC notified us that there would be an opposite direction embraer flying through our altitude; and asked if we had it in sight at 12 o'clock. The captain and I noticed a bright light in the distance; but it appeared to not be moving. So; we called negative on the traffic. Monitoring TCAS; we began to watch for traffic climbing towards our route of flight. ATC frantically asked us if we had the traffic. At that time we had the traffic in sight and began a right turn and received a 'climb; climb' RA. I notified ATC of the RA and that we were turning right of course. The other aircraft stated on the radio that they had an RA as well and were descending. Per the TCAS the closest we got was about 800 ft vertically and something less than a mile horizontally. ATC then assigned us a heading again and said to continue the descent to 8;000 and to contact approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An E140 flight crew on an inbound vector suffered a loss of separation with an outbound Embraer cleared to climb through their altitude.
Narrative: I was the pilot not flying while on the descent and flying a heading. ATC notified us that there would be an opposite direction Embraer flying through our altitude; and asked if we had it in sight at 12 o'clock. The Captain and I noticed a bright light in the distance; but it appeared to not be moving. So; we called negative on the traffic. Monitoring TCAS; we began to watch for traffic climbing towards our route of flight. ATC frantically asked us if we had the traffic. At that time we had the traffic in sight and began a right turn and received a 'Climb; Climb' RA. I notified ATC of the RA and that we were turning right of course. The other aircraft stated on the radio that they had an RA as well and were descending. Per the TCAS the closest we got was about 800 FT vertically and something less than a mile horizontally. ATC then assigned us a heading again and said to continue the descent to 8;000 and to contact Approach.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.