A300 climbing to FL310 on A315 23 mi south avelo intersection, required to take evasive action level off to avoid a climbing cessna citation climb on same route. Leveled at FL225 to avoid traffic 900 ft above.

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Attributes
ACN	344649
Time
Date	199608
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : miq
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 22500 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : svzm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Cessna Citation Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : atlantic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	344649
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	345006
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 30000 vertical : 900
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

ATC facility: maiquetia control. Location: A315 23 NM south of avelo, northbound. Climbing out of ccs on A315 en route mia, cleared to FL310. Flight was required to take evasive action to avert a near miss with a cessna citation on climb out. Climbing through FL220, flight received TCASII TA of 12 O'clock traffic, 5 mi ahead and 900 ft above altitude. The aircraft was leveled at FL225 and passed abeam and below the citation which was also climbing. TCASII is a beautiful thing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 CLBING TO FL310 ON A315 23 MI S AVELO INTXN, REQUIRED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION LEVEL OFF TO AVOID A CLBING CESSNA CITATION CLB ON SAME RTE. LEVELED AT FL225 TO AVOID TFC 900 FT ABOVE.

Narrative: ATC FACILITY: MAIQUETIA CTL. LOCATION: A315 23 NM S OF AVELO, NBOUND. CLBING OUT OF CCS ON A315 ENRTE MIA, CLRED TO FL310. FLT WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVERT A NEAR MISS WITH A CESSNA CITATION ON CLBOUT. CLBING THROUGH FL220, FLT RECEIVED TCASII TA OF 12 O'CLOCK TFC, 5 MI AHEAD AND 900 FT ABOVE ALT. THE ACFT WAS LEVELED AT FL225 AND PASSED ABEAM AND BELOW THE CITATION WHICH WAS ALSO CLBING. TCASII IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.

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.