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Flight crew of large transport aircraft had near midair collision with an ultralight aircraft while on an ILS final approach resulting in the ultralight aircraft taking evasive action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 211544 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199205 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pbi |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pbi |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Ultralight |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 211544 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew faa : investigated |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 300 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
While on ILS approach to runway 9 at pbi, sighted a low flying ultralight at 1500 ft by approach control. While spotting this, did not see until last min two-tone green manned ultralight at 10 O'clock position our altitude (4000 ft). We missed him by 100 yards. He was taking evasive action. We were on localizer and GS to runway 9 pbi. Autoplt coupled. 14 mi from touchdown. Reported incident to ATC by radio and telephone on ground pbi.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF LGT ACFT HAD NMAC WITH AN ULTRALIGHT ACFT WHILE ON AN ILS FINAL APCH RESULTING IN THE ULTRALIGHT ACFT TAKING EVASIVE ACTION.
Narrative: WHILE ON ILS APCH TO RWY 9 AT PBI, SIGHTED A LOW FLYING ULTRALIGHT AT 1500 FT BY APCH CTL. WHILE SPOTTING THIS, DID NOT SEE UNTIL LAST MIN TWO-TONE GREEN MANNED ULTRALIGHT AT 10 O'CLOCK POS OUR ALT (4000 FT). WE MISSED HIM BY 100 YARDS. HE WAS TAKING EVASIVE ACTION. WE WERE ON LOC AND GS TO RWY 9 PBI. AUTOPLT COUPLED. 14 MI FROM TOUCHDOWN. RPTED INCIDENT TO ATC BY RADIO AND TELEPHONE ON GND PBI.
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.