Narrative:

While climbing out of miami international heading north through 6000 ft MSL to 16000 ft MSL TCASII TA sounded for traffic 11 O'clock 300 ft above followed by a RA to climb. We were between layers of tropical storm gordon and saw the commuter flight start to turn and descend while we turned opposite him and climbed. He obviously had a TCASII RA as well. The controller gave us an immediate climbing turn to avoid while we were already executing it. Cockpit resource management and TCASII played significant roles in avoiding a catastrophic situation. Supplemental information from acn 288596: captain spotted other aircraft. (Heading east) during TCASII TA and said to keep climbing as leveling off would put us into the other aircraft. ATC controller gave us an immediate right turn to 090 degrees at approximately the time of our TCASII RA, perhaps slightly before. I rolled right to 45 degree heading and completed the turn to 090 degree heading. I believe the other aircraft was given instructions as well but I don't accurately recall what they were. Our captain kept the other aircraft in sight and saw it turning left and descending. At no time did we need to resort to unusual attitudes or maneuver at high G's to complete our avoidance. Good coordination cockpit resource management between our 3 crew members, the controller and our TCASII saved the day. To the controller's credit she stayed completely focused after the event giving normal directions after what must have been an exciting few moments. Since we had the other aircraft in sight from shortly after the TA we were able to complete our actions smoothly and without haste. Cause: possibly a ctrl error or a missed clearance. By the other aircraft. Solution: you can talk about retraining or better readback and understanding of clrncs, but errors will sometimes happen. I hope others put in these circumstances have the crew coordination and a TCASII that we enjoyed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: OPERROR.

Narrative: WHILE CLBING OUT OF MIAMI INTL HDG N THROUGH 6000 FT MSL TO 16000 FT MSL TCASII TA SOUNDED FOR TFC 11 O'CLOCK 300 FT ABOVE FOLLOWED BY A RA TO CLB. WE WERE BTWN LAYERS OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON AND SAW THE COMMUTER FLT START TO TURN AND DSND WHILE WE TURNED OPPOSITE HIM AND CLBED. HE OBVIOUSLY HAD A TCASII RA AS WELL. THE CTLR GAVE US AN IMMEDIATE CLBING TURN TO AVOID WHILE WE WERE ALREADY EXECUTING IT. COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT AND TCASII PLAYED SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN AVOIDING A CATASTROPHIC SIT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 288596: CAPT SPOTTED OTHER ACFT. (HEADING E) DURING TCASII TA AND SAID TO KEEP CLBING AS LEVELING OFF WOULD PUT US INTO THE OTHER ACFT. ATC CTLR GAVE US AN IMMEDIATE R TURN TO 090 DEGS AT APPROX THE TIME OF OUR TCASII RA, PERHAPS SLIGHTLY BEFORE. I ROLLED R TO 45 DEG HDG AND COMPLETED THE TURN TO 090 DEG HDG. I BELIEVE THE OTHER ACFT WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL BUT I DON'T ACCURATELY RECALL WHAT THEY WERE. OUR CAPT KEPT THE OTHER ACFT IN SIGHT AND SAW IT TURNING L AND DSNDING. AT NO TIME DID WE NEED TO RESORT TO UNUSUAL ATTITUDES OR MANEUVER AT HIGH G'S TO COMPLETE OUR AVOIDANCE. GOOD COORD COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT BTWN OUR 3 CREW MEMBERS, THE CTLR AND OUR TCASII SAVED THE DAY. TO THE CTLR'S CREDIT SHE STAYED COMPLETELY FOCUSED AFTER THE EVENT GIVING NORMAL DIRECTIONS AFTER WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN EXCITING FEW MOMENTS. SINCE WE HAD THE OTHER ACFT IN SIGHT FROM SHORTLY AFTER THE TA WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR ACTIONS SMOOTHLY AND WITHOUT HASTE. CAUSE: POSSIBLY A CTRL ERROR OR A MISSED CLRNC. BY THE OTHER ACFT. SOLUTION: YOU CAN TALK ABOUT RETRAINING OR BETTER READBACK AND UNDERSTANDING OF CLRNCS, BUT ERRORS WILL SOMETIMES HAPPEN. I HOPE OTHERS PUT IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE THE CREW COORD AND A TCASII THAT WE ENJOYED.

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.