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B737 first officer reported an airborne conflict with another aircraft shortly after takeoff from pgum.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1529037 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201803 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GUM.Airport |
| State Reference | GU |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 162 Flight Crew Total 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 500 |
Narrative:
Guam tower cleared [us] for takeoff on runway 6L. The clearance continued 'after departure turn left direct richh climb maintain 9000 ft'. He also advised us of traffic that departed on 6R earlier. However; he did not inform us that the traffic would be traveling in the same direction as we were. After takeoff; at 800 MSL; I started turning left to richh. Tower instructed us to contact guam center. The captain was checking in with guam center and before guam center responded; the TCAS TA caution was [heard] over the speakers. Autopilot was not engaged. At this time we were at 1100 ft MSL. I momentarily looked at the screen to see where the target was. I saw that the traffic was at 500 ft. Below and climbing. I immediately increased the climb to give us better separation. At initial contact with guam center; we were instructed to climb to FL380. After we identified the traffic; captain called back to guam center to verify the cleared to altitude. We were cleared again to richh and went on [our] way.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 First Officer reported an airborne conflict with another aircraft shortly after takeoff from PGUM.
Narrative: Guam Tower cleared [us] for Takeoff on Runway 6L. The clearance continued 'After Departure Turn Left Direct RICHH Climb Maintain 9000 ft'. He also advised us of traffic that departed on 6R earlier. However; he did not inform us that the traffic would be traveling in the same direction as we were. After takeoff; at 800 MSL; I started turning left to RICHH. Tower instructed us to contact Guam Center. The Captain was checking in with Guam Center and before Guam Center responded; the TCAS TA caution was [heard] over the speakers. Autopilot was not engaged. At this time we were at 1100 ft MSL. I momentarily looked at the screen to see where the target was. I saw that the traffic was at 500 ft. below and climbing. I immediately increased the climb to give us better separation. At initial contact with Guam Center; we were instructed to climb to FL380. After we identified the traffic; Captain called back to Guam Center to verify the cleared to altitude. We were cleared again to RICHH and went on [our] way.
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.