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Altitude deviation altitude excursion after TCASII RA causes medium large transport crew to perform evasive action descent.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 243159 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199306 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tpa |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7650 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : tpa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11600 flight time type : 6500 |
| ASRS Report | 243159 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 600 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Level at 8000 ft, following departure from tpa. Tpa departure control called out 12 O'clock VFR traffic at 8500 ft. We had visual and TCASII at 3-4 mi plus. TCASII had radar tag for traffic at 8300 ft and gave us an RA. We descended to about 7650 ft and informed ATC. We love TCASII.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ALTDEV ALT EXCURSION AFTER TCASII RA CAUSES MLG CREW TO PERFORM EVASIVE ACTION DSCNT.
Narrative: LEVEL AT 8000 FT, FOLLOWING DEP FROM TPA. TPA DEP CTL CALLED OUT 12 O'CLOCK VFR TFC AT 8500 FT. WE HAD VISUAL AND TCASII AT 3-4 MI PLUS. TCASII HAD RADAR TAG FOR TFC AT 8300 FT AND GAVE US AN RA. WE DSNDED TO ABOUT 7650 FT AND INFORMED ATC. WE LOVE TCASII.
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.