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Flight crew of an medium large transport descended from high altitude cruise in response to a TCASII RA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 298946 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mva |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 32500 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa artcc : zdc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : j84 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 298946 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1650 |
| ASRS Report | 298947 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Established cruise at FL330. Got a TCASII TA at 12 O'clock/2 NM. Followed immediately by a twice repeated RA and ADI guidance to descend. First officer disconnected 'B' autoplt and descended to FL32.5. Captain notified ATC on radio and was given confirmation of 'no traffic in the area.' advised ATC we were at FL32.5 and climbing back to FL330. No other comments to or from ATC.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG DSNDED FROM HIGH ALT CRUISE IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII RA.
Narrative: ESTABLISHED CRUISE AT FL330. GOT A TCASII TA AT 12 O'CLOCK/2 NM. FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A TWICE REPEATED RA AND ADI GUIDANCE TO DSND. FO DISCONNECTED 'B' AUTOPLT AND DSNDED TO FL32.5. CAPT NOTIFIED ATC ON RADIO AND WAS GIVEN CONFIRMATION OF 'NO TFC IN THE AREA.' ADVISED ATC WE WERE AT FL32.5 AND CLBING BACK TO FL330. NO OTHER COMMENTS TO OR FROM ATC.
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.