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An arriving air carrier inside the outer marker conflicted with an opposite direction aircraft departing the airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 120050 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198908 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : btv |
| State Reference | VT |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1300 msl bound upper : 1400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : btv |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 8950 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 120050 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 4500 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
On arrival in the btv approach control area, we were given delay vectors for arriving and departing traffic. Approach advised us that the ILS runway 15 was in use and we set up accordingly. Just west of the airport, the WX was clearing but the airport and runway were not visible. We were cleared for the ILS approach to runway 15 and told to call the marker inbound. Checking in with the tower, we were advised to watch for opposite direction traffic on the roll runway 33! We were also advised that the traffic would make a left turn swbnd. We came face to face, less than a mile, with the aircraft when he made the turn. I have seen the head-on before but never when the control zone was IFR and then to turn the departing traffic right into my missed approach procedure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ARRIVING ACR INSIDE THE OUTER MARKER CONFLICTED WITH AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION ACFT DEPARTING THE ARPT.
Narrative: ON ARRIVAL IN THE BTV APCH CTL AREA, WE WERE GIVEN DELAY VECTORS FOR ARRIVING AND DEPARTING TFC. APCH ADVISED US THAT THE ILS RWY 15 WAS IN USE AND WE SET UP ACCORDINGLY. JUST W OF THE ARPT, THE WX WAS CLEARING BUT THE ARPT AND RWY WERE NOT VISIBLE. WE WERE CLRED FOR THE ILS APCH TO RWY 15 AND TOLD TO CALL THE MARKER INBND. CHECKING IN WITH THE TWR, WE WERE ADVISED TO WATCH FOR OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC ON THE ROLL RWY 33! WE WERE ALSO ADVISED THAT THE TFC WOULD MAKE A LEFT TURN SWBND. WE CAME FACE TO FACE, LESS THAN A MILE, WITH THE ACFT WHEN HE MADE THE TURN. I HAVE SEEN THE HEAD-ON BEFORE BUT NEVER WHEN THE CTL ZONE WAS IFR AND THEN TO TURN THE DEPARTING TFC RIGHT INTO MY MISSED APCH PROC.
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.