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Air carrier so report on the inadequacies of piarco center that may have been involved in the near midair collision reporter described.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 216842 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199207 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ttzp |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 26000 msl bound upper : 26000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : atlantic enroute airway : a555 enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic enroute : atlantic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 6800 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 216842 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude altitude deviation : overshoot conflict : nmac non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 80 vertical : 20 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Near miss over fof with oth air carrier large transport ATC reported traffic 12 O'clock FL270. Took immediate evasive action that prevented a certain collision. Air carrier Y was reported by sju that he departed sju to soca with mode C off requesting IFR clearance sju denied and passed him of with only a clearance to 17500 MSL. Piarco said he reported FL270 and they held us at FL260. Air carrier Y was at FL260! We made a hard right bank to avoid. No injuries were reported. Piarco has a reputation of bad ATC. All parties have been notified of complaint. Complaint filed with sju center. First officer saved the day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR SO RPT ON THE INADEQUACIES OF PIARCO CTR THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE NMAC RPTR DESCRIBED.
Narrative: NEAR MISS OVER FOF WITH OTH ACR LGT ATC RPTED TFC 12 O'CLOCK FL270. TOOK IMMEDIATE EVASIVE ACTION THAT PREVENTED A CERTAIN COLLISION. ACR Y WAS RPTED BY SJU THAT HE DEPARTED SJU TO SOCA WITH MODE C OFF REQUESTING IFR CLRNC SJU DENIED AND PASSED HIM OF WITH ONLY A CLRNC TO 17500 MSL. PIARCO SAID HE RPTED FL270 AND THEY HELD US AT FL260. ACR Y WAS AT FL260! WE MADE A HARD R BANK TO AVOID. NO INJURIES WERE RPTED. PIARCO HAS A REPUTATION OF BAD ATC. ALL PARTIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF COMPLAINT. COMPLAINT FILED WITH SJU CTR. FO SAVED THE DAY.
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.