B737 first officer experiences a TCAS RA departing vps runway 19 with an aircraft landing at dts. Th...

Narrative:

We departed eglin AFB; runway 19; on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight clearance. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) existed on departure and throughout the flight. Our departure instructions were to fly the runway heading and climb to 3;000 ft. Immediately after departure; eglin tower reported VFR traffic at our 1 o'clock position descending into destin. We were then instructed to contact eglin departure. The situation rapidly deteriorated to the point that the aircraft's traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) issued a resolution advisory (RA); which; per the far's (91.123(a)); we complied with. The TCAS RA commanded an increased climb rate which we accomplished. We did not see the traffic until it passed just beneath our nose. Tower issued a departure clearance while the other aircraft was descending across our planned departure path. The other aircraft was under control of the TRACON and operating under VFR conditions at the time; in part 93 airspace. The TRACON controller failed to adequately control the other aircraft once it cancelled its IFR flight plan and reported us in sight. The other aircraft reported us in sight; while we were rolling down the runway for departure. I don't believe the other aircraft fully realized the performance capabilities of the B737 aircraft on departure; nor did the departure controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer experiences a TCAS RA departing VPS Runway 19 with an aircraft landing at DTS. The arriving aircraft had reported the B737 in sight during the takeoff roll but apparently failed to take the climb rate into account.

Narrative: We departed Eglin AFB; Runway 19; on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight clearance. Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) existed on departure and throughout the flight. Our departure instructions were to fly the runway heading and climb to 3;000 FT. Immediately after departure; Eglin Tower reported VFR traffic at our 1 o'clock position descending into Destin. We were then instructed to contact Eglin Departure. The situation rapidly deteriorated to the point that the aircraft's Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) issued a Resolution Advisory (RA); which; per the FAR's (91.123(a)); we complied with. The TCAS RA Commanded an increased climb rate which we accomplished. We did not see the traffic until it passed just beneath our nose. Tower issued a departure clearance while the other aircraft was descending across our planned departure path. The other aircraft was under control of the TRACON and operating under VFR conditions at the time; in Part 93 airspace. The TRACON Controller failed to adequately control the other aircraft once it cancelled its IFR flight plan and reported us in sight. The other aircraft reported us in sight; while we were rolling down the runway for departure. I don't believe the other aircraft fully realized the performance capabilities of the B737 aircraft on departure; nor did the Departure Controller.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1083089
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	VPS.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna 340/340A
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 88 Flight Crew Total 5570 Flight Crew Type 906
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Vertical 300

B737 first officer experiences a TCAS RA departing vps runway 19 with an aircraft landing at dts. The arriving aircraft had reported the B737 in sight during the takeoff roll but apparently failed to take the climb rate into account.