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Flight crew of B767-300 has near midair collision with light twin attempting to make approach into fll. The light twin pilot had language problems and was NORDO part of the time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 385957 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 1600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : fll |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 385957 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 100 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Cleared for a visual approach to runway 9L in fll. Copilot was flying. Just outside the OM a light twin crossed the localizer ahead approximately 1 mi and 800 ft below. His crossing direction was from north to south. I had no TCASII TA or RA. He then turned east to parallel my course ahead, south and below. Tower then pointed out the traffic and said they were having trouble controling him. The light twin then turned north and climbed through my altitude slightly ahead. He then turned east again and leveled to parallel my course, slightly above and ahead. I was still behind so I knew he had no idea I was there. Still no TCASII TA or RA. At this point I estimated he was 100-200 ft higher and the same distance laterally from my position. I was closing rapidly. The copilot could not see him, so I took the aircraft and made a descending right turn to separate from him in altitude and distance. After clearing, continued to land on runway 9L. I called the tower supervisor for an explanation. The light twin was from south america, the pilot spoke broken english, and was NORDO for part of the time this was occurring. Also, training was going on in the tower. Just a bad situation. I think the tower could have handled it better, but I don't know how long the twin was NORDO. I think he crossed back north and climbed on the tower's instructions. It would have been better to just keep him south after the first crossing -- land him on runway 9R.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF B767-300 HAS NMAC WITH LIGHT TWIN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE APCH INTO FLL. THE LIGHT TWIN PLT HAD LANGUAGE PROBS AND WAS NORDO PART OF THE TIME.
Narrative: CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 9L IN FLL. COPLT WAS FLYING. JUST OUTSIDE THE OM A LIGHT TWIN CROSSED THE LOC AHEAD APPROX 1 MI AND 800 FT BELOW. HIS XING DIRECTION WAS FROM N TO S. I HAD NO TCASII TA OR RA. HE THEN TURNED E TO PARALLEL MY COURSE AHEAD, S AND BELOW. TWR THEN POINTED OUT THE TFC AND SAID THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE CTLING HIM. THE LIGHT TWIN THEN TURNED N AND CLBED THROUGH MY ALT SLIGHTLY AHEAD. HE THEN TURNED E AGAIN AND LEVELED TO PARALLEL MY COURSE, SLIGHTLY ABOVE AND AHEAD. I WAS STILL BEHIND SO I KNEW HE HAD NO IDEA I WAS THERE. STILL NO TCASII TA OR RA. AT THIS POINT I ESTIMATED HE WAS 100-200 FT HIGHER AND THE SAME DISTANCE LATERALLY FROM MY POS. I WAS CLOSING RAPIDLY. THE COPLT COULD NOT SEE HIM, SO I TOOK THE ACFT AND MADE A DSNDING R TURN TO SEPARATE FROM HIM IN ALT AND DISTANCE. AFTER CLRING, CONTINUED TO LAND ON RWY 9L. I CALLED THE TWR SUPVR FOR AN EXPLANATION. THE LIGHT TWIN WAS FROM SOUTH AMERICA, THE PLT SPOKE BROKEN ENGLISH, AND WAS NORDO FOR PART OF THE TIME THIS WAS OCCURRING. ALSO, TRAINING WAS GOING ON IN THE TWR. JUST A BAD SIT. I THINK THE TWR COULD HAVE HANDLED IT BETTER, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE TWIN WAS NORDO. I THINK HE CROSSED BACK N AND CLBED ON THE TWR'S INSTRUCTIONS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO JUST KEEP HIM S AFTER THE FIRST XING -- LAND HIM ON RWY 9R.
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.