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The pilot of a vintage military aircraft reported that while in cruise an airliner crossed overhead without warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1469826 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Military |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 1200 Flight Crew Type 15 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 500 |
Narrative:
In cruise flight at 10;500 ft at about 240 kts GS; contacted center to request flight following and was given a squawk. Within 5 minutes was told leaving sector and to squawk VFR; and try to contact [the next controlling agency] if desired. About 1 minute later while looking up the frequency for next possible controller; I looked up and was shocked to see a regional airliner crossing immediately overhead; passing from west to east. I had not changed altitude; speed or heading.I've never passed that close to another aircraft without being in formation with them. I can't imagine the controller was unaware of how close we passed; and I feel certain the airliner must have had TCAS activated by the encounter. The encounter really shook me for several minutes; which later turned to anger; as I never would have expected to be that close to another aircraft; especially a passenger aircraft if either of us were in contact with ATC. Perhaps the airliner had received an advisory and had me in sight; but I doubt it as [my aircraft] is camouflaged and very difficult to see in flight.I plan to call ATC to ask about the incident; and hope I will learn that the situation was in fact under control. Regardless; I feel strongly that I should have been advised before being dismissed from the freq.; if just out of courtesy.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The pilot of a vintage military aircraft reported that while in cruise an airliner crossed overhead without warning.
Narrative: In cruise flight at 10;500 ft at about 240 kts GS; contacted Center to request flight following and was given a squawk. Within 5 minutes was told leaving sector and to squawk VFR; and try to contact [the next controlling agency] if desired. About 1 minute later while looking up the frequency for next possible controller; I looked up and was shocked to see a regional airliner crossing immediately overhead; passing from west to east. I had not changed altitude; speed or heading.I've never passed that close to another aircraft without being in formation with them. I can't imagine the controller was unaware of how close we passed; and I feel certain the airliner must have had TCAS activated by the encounter. The encounter really shook me for several minutes; which later turned to anger; as I never would have expected to be that close to another aircraft; especially a passenger aircraft if either of us were in contact with ATC. Perhaps the airliner had received an advisory and had me in sight; but I doubt it as [my aircraft] is camouflaged and very difficult to see in flight.I plan to call ATC to ask about the incident; and hope I will learn that the situation was in fact under control. Regardless; I feel strongly that I should have been advised before being dismissed from the freq.; if just out of courtesy.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.