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Near midair collision between a commuter helicopter and an aircraft making an instrument approach to another airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 310524 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199507 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lft |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lft |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 145 flight time total : 17650 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 310524 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | unspecified : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
After departing lft on the highway departure, I started climbing prior to reaching the overpass. After reaching 2000 ft I was informed by lft ATC of an aircraft on the ara VOR approach who reported a near miss on me. I did not see the other aircraft at any time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN A COMMUTER HELI AND AN ACFT MAKING AN INST APCH TO ANOTHER ARPT.
Narrative: AFTER DEPARTING LFT ON THE HWY DEP, I STARTED CLBING PRIOR TO REACHING THE OVERPASS. AFTER REACHING 2000 FT I WAS INFORMED BY LFT ATC OF AN ACFT ON THE ARA VOR APCH WHO RPTED A NEAR MISS ON ME. I DID NOT SEE THE OTHER ACFT AT ANY TIME.
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.