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MD80S aircraft on climb and leveloff when another controller intervened and assigned a vector heading and climb. At the time reporter flight crew had TCASII on VFR traffic and reporter captain hesitated to turn due to the TCASII RA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 398301 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6200 msl bound upper : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dca |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 398301 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | vertical : 300 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Departed dca. Leveled at 5000 ft. Controller said turn left intercept jet route on course climb to 6000 ft. Another controller came on and said turn left to 090 degrees, climb to 7000 ft, then he said turn right, climb to FL190. At that time I got a reduce climb RA on a VFR off my right at 7500 ft. I pushed the nose over but did not immediately make the right turn. The VFR on TCASII showed very close and I did not have him in sight. The altitude difference got down to 300 ft. There may have been a conflict with another VFR on the left that the controller was threading us between. It might have worked better if we were held at 5000 ft or 7000 ft until clear of all the VFR traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80S ACFT ON CLB AND LEVELOFF WHEN ANOTHER CTLR INTERVENED AND ASSIGNED A VECTOR HDG AND CLB. AT THE TIME RPTR FLC HAD TCASII ON VFR TFC AND RPTR CAPT HESITATED TO TURN DUE TO THE TCASII RA.
Narrative: DEPARTED DCA. LEVELED AT 5000 FT. CTLR SAID TURN L INTERCEPT JET RTE ON COURSE CLB TO 6000 FT. ANOTHER CTLR CAME ON AND SAID TURN L TO 090 DEGS, CLB TO 7000 FT, THEN HE SAID TURN R, CLB TO FL190. AT THAT TIME I GOT A REDUCE CLB RA ON A VFR OFF MY R AT 7500 FT. I PUSHED THE NOSE OVER BUT DID NOT IMMEDIATELY MAKE THE R TURN. THE VFR ON TCASII SHOWED VERY CLOSE AND I DID NOT HAVE HIM IN SIGHT. THE ALT DIFFERENCE GOT DOWN TO 300 FT. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER VFR ON THE L THAT THE CTLR WAS THREADING US BTWN. IT MIGHT HAVE WORKED BETTER IF WE WERE HELD AT 5000 FT OR 7000 FT UNTIL CLR OF ALL THE VFR TFC.
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.