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Small aircraft and light transport opposite direction traffic had near midair collision on airway. Small aircraft took evasive action. Both reported near midair collision to approach control.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 254683 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199310 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : tlh |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : tlh |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 254683 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 100 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
Was en route from cairns army airfield at ft. Rucker, al, to orlando, fl (orlando executive airport) on IFR flight plan with 7000 ft assigned altitude. On V-7 9 mi southeast of tallahassee, fl, under tlh approach control. There were multiple stratus cloud layers with swelling cumulus and some cumulo nimbus clouds along the route. As I broke out of a cumulus cloud, I observed a twin engine airplane on opposite heading about 300 ft in front of me at the same altitude. I pulled up and to the left, narrowly avoiding a collision. The airplane reported a near miss to tlh approach. His call was air carrier Y. The controller idented him as an light transport. I reported a near miss to the controller. I got transponder check from ZJX about 8 mins later. Center read transponder 'loud and clear with altitude.'
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA AND LTT OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC HAD NMAC ON AIRWAY. SMA TOOK EVASIVE ACTION. BOTH RPTED NMAC TO APCH CTL.
Narrative: WAS ENRTE FROM CAIRNS ARMY AIRFIELD AT FT. RUCKER, AL, TO ORLANDO, FL (ORLANDO EXECUTIVE ARPT) ON IFR FLT PLAN WITH 7000 FT ASSIGNED ALT. ON V-7 9 MI SE OF TALLAHASSEE, FL, UNDER TLH APCH CTL. THERE WERE MULTIPLE STRATUS CLOUD LAYERS WITH SWELLING CUMULUS AND SOME CUMULO NIMBUS CLOUDS ALONG THE RTE. AS I BROKE OUT OF A CUMULUS CLOUD, I OBSERVED A TWIN ENG AIRPLANE ON OPPOSITE HDG ABOUT 300 FT IN FRONT OF ME AT THE SAME ALT. I PULLED UP AND TO THE L, NARROWLY AVOIDING A COLLISION. THE AIRPLANE RPTED A NEAR MISS TO TLH APCH. HIS CALL WAS ACR Y. THE CTLR IDENTED HIM AS AN LTT. I RPTED A NEAR MISS TO THE CTLR. I GOT XPONDER CHK FROM ZJX ABOUT 8 MINS LATER. CTR READ XPONDER 'LOUD AND CLR WITH ALT.'
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.