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Air carrier cleared by day tower for takeoff hold runway heading. Shortly after takeoff had near midair collision with aerobatic team practicing for a show. No advice from tower controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 117236 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198907 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : day |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : day |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Fighter |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 117236 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1000 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
The blue angeles were practicing for the dayton air show and were maneuvering. Air carrier X was cleared for takeoff with a clearance 'runway heading till 5000'.' at 2000 MSL X retracted flaps and noticed the blue angeles were on a southwesterly heading on an apparent collision course. X reduced pitch from normal 15 up to 0 or less to avoid what looked like an apparent midair. The blue angeles' aircraft turned behind our departure path at a high angle of bank. We had no idea if the blue angeles had visual contact on the X airliner. As pilot in command, I took abrupt evasive pitch down actions to avoid this potential midair. Why did dayton tower not advise that the blue angeles would be operating near our departure path? Why would an aircraft be cleared for takeoff on an IFR clearance while aerobatic flight is being conducted in an active air traffic area?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AIR CARRIER CLEARED BY DAY TWR FOR TKOF HOLD RWY HEADING. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF HAD NMAC WITH AEROBATIC TEAM PRACTICING FOR A SHOW. NO ADVICE FROM TWR CTLR.
Narrative: THE BLUE ANGELES WERE PRACTICING FOR THE DAYTON AIR SHOW AND WERE MANEUVERING. AIR CARRIER X WAS CLRED FOR TKOF WITH A CLRNC 'RWY HDG TILL 5000'.' AT 2000 MSL X RETRACTED FLAPS AND NOTICED THE BLUE ANGELES WERE ON A SOUTHWESTERLY HDG ON AN APPARENT COLLISION COURSE. X REDUCED PITCH FROM NORMAL 15 UP TO 0 OR LESS TO AVOID WHAT LOOKED LIKE AN APPARENT MIDAIR. THE BLUE ANGELES' ACFT TURNED BEHIND OUR DEP PATH AT A HIGH ANGLE OF BANK. WE HAD NO IDEA IF THE BLUE ANGELES HAD VISUAL CONTACT ON THE X AIRLINER. AS PLT IN COMMAND, I TOOK ABRUPT EVASIVE PITCH DOWN ACTIONS TO AVOID THIS POTENTIAL MIDAIR. WHY DID DAYTON TWR NOT ADVISE THAT THE BLUE ANGELES WOULD BE OPERATING NEAR OUR DEP PATH? WHY WOULD AN ACFT BE CLRED FOR TKOF ON AN IFR CLRNC WHILE AEROBATIC FLT IS BEING CONDUCTED IN AN ACTIVE ATA?
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.