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An air carrier MD80 flight crew reports that a C208 jump aircraft was at the wrong altitude and discharged parachutists above and to the right of the reporter's aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 392375 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : byp |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10500 msl bound upper : 11800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Caravan 1 208A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 392375 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | vertical : 800 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
On the byp arrival at 11000 ft, 250 KTS, advised by ATC that there was a jump aircraft at our 12 O'clock position, 10500 ft. Several seconds later, observed the jump aircraft (a cessna caravan) both visually and on TCASII at 11800 ft. The jump aircraft passed left to right, and just after he passed our nose, jumpers started exiting the aircraft. At the same moment, a TCASII RA 'descend, descend' was annunciated. At this point the jump aircraft was in a tail quartering aspect to us and could not have visually seen us prior to the jumper release. Can't we do something to get this type of conflict off the arrival corridor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR MD80 FLC RPTS THAT A C208 JUMP ACFT WAS AT THE WRONG ALT AND DISCHARGED PARACHUTISTS ABOVE AND TO THE R OF THE RPTR'S ACFT.
Narrative: ON THE BYP ARR AT 11000 FT, 250 KTS, ADVISED BY ATC THAT THERE WAS A JUMP ACFT AT OUR 12 O'CLOCK POS, 10500 FT. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER, OBSERVED THE JUMP ACFT (A CESSNA CARAVAN) BOTH VISUALLY AND ON TCASII AT 11800 FT. THE JUMP ACFT PASSED L TO R, AND JUST AFTER HE PASSED OUR NOSE, JUMPERS STARTED EXITING THE ACFT. AT THE SAME MOMENT, A TCASII RA 'DSND, DSND' WAS ANNUNCIATED. AT THIS POINT THE JUMP ACFT WAS IN A TAIL QUARTERING ASPECT TO US AND COULD NOT HAVE VISUALLY SEEN US PRIOR TO THE JUMPER RELEASE. CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING TO GET THIS TYPE OF CONFLICT OFF THE ARR CORRIDOR.
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.