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While in their descent a beech 1900 flight crew suffered an near midair collision with a VFR beech baron.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1037544 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201209 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Beechcraft Twin Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 20 |
Narrative:
We were cleared to descend from 16;000 to be at 11;000 by eagul intersection. ATC advised us as we made our turn on to the 034 radial of pxr (about 81 DME from pxr); that we had traffic at our 2 o'clock. As we descended; the first officer saw a beechcraft baron at 2 o'clock; about 20 ft below us. She pulled back on the yoke to avoid a collision and the baron continued right to left. I did not see the traffic until the baron was past the left wingtip. Afterwards; following a frequency change; we notified ATC that the baron traffic was very close to us and the baron came on frequency and agreed. The controller stated that he did not know what we were talking about as he just sat down and the previous controller did not notify him of any traffic issues. Our ability to promptly locate the traffic was hindered due to our TCAS being meled inoperative.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: While in their descent a Beech 1900 flight crew suffered an NMAC with a VFR Beech Baron.
Narrative: We were cleared to descend from 16;000 to be at 11;000 by EAGUL Intersection. ATC advised us as we made our turn on to the 034 radial of PXR (about 81 DME from PXR); that we had traffic at our 2 o'clock. As we descended; the First Officer saw a Beechcraft Baron at 2 o'clock; about 20 FT below us. She pulled back on the yoke to avoid a collision and the Baron continued right to left. I did not see the traffic until the Baron was past the left wingtip. Afterwards; following a frequency change; we notified ATC that the Baron traffic was very close to us and the Baron came on frequency and agreed. The Controller stated that he did not know what we were talking about as he just sat down and the previous Controller did not notify him of any traffic issues. Our ability to promptly locate the traffic was hindered due to our TCAS being MELed inoperative.
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.