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An small aircraft departing airport came in close proximity to an aircraft passing through the control zone.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 142494 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199004 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : hpn |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 tower : hpn |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 142494 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | vertical : 400 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While departing in VMC on an IFR flight plan from runway 29 at hpn tower handed off to departure control. Pilot of aircraft X was wearing foggles for IFR training and copilot was commercial IFR rated safety pilot. Just after being handed off to departure a high wing small aircraft Y crossed over the top of aircraft on exact opp heading approximately 400' above our aircraft. Safety pilot advised departure control, who stated that we should have been advised of traffic by tower personnel before handoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN SMA DEPARTING ARPT CAME IN CLOSE PROX TO AN ACFT PASSING THROUGH THE CTL ZONE.
Narrative: WHILE DEPARTING IN VMC ON AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM RWY 29 AT HPN TWR HANDED OFF TO DEP CTL. PLT OF ACFT X WAS WEARING FOGGLES FOR IFR TRNING AND COPLT WAS COMMERCIAL IFR RATED SAFETY PLT. JUST AFTER BEING HANDED OFF TO DEP A HIGH WING SMA Y CROSSED OVER THE TOP OF ACFT ON EXACT OPP HDG APPROX 400' ABOVE OUR ACFT. SAFETY PLT ADVISED DEP CTL, WHO STATED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF TFC BY TWR PERSONNEL BEFORE HDOF.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.