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Airborne conflict between an light transport air carrier on final approach and a non transponder mode C small aircraft single engine land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 278154 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199407 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sgr |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : iah |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 278154 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Final approach into sgr. We were in tops of the clouds at 2000 ft MSL. Near miss with a piper cherokee single engine who was not in radar contact with anyone and who was not on a transponder code. Hou approach did not have any radar contact with the other airplane and could not give us warning of traffic. Aircraft was operating below the floor of the class B airspace in obvious violation of FARS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AIRBORNE CONFLICT BTWN AN LTT ACR ON FINAL APCH AND A NON XPONDER MODE C SMA SINGLE ENG LAND.
Narrative: FINAL APCH INTO SGR. WE WERE IN TOPS OF THE CLOUDS AT 2000 FT MSL. NEAR MISS WITH A PIPER CHEROKEE SINGLE ENG WHO WAS NOT IN RADAR CONTACT WITH ANYONE AND WHO WAS NOT ON A XPONDER CODE. HOU APCH DID NOT HAVE ANY RADAR CONTACT WITH THE OTHER AIRPLANE AND COULD NOT GIVE US WARNING OF TFC. ACFT WAS OPERATING BELOW THE FLOOR OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE IN OBVIOUS VIOLATION OF FARS.
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.