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Flight crew of CL65 on vectors to final has TCASII activate with TA, RA as the vector issued puts them at same altitude headed directly into traffic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 406474 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cvg |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Challenger CL604 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 406474 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1500 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
We were being vectored onto the final approach by cvg control and there was a VFR aircraft 500 ft below us in the direction we had been turned. The controller called out the traffic. We did not see them and as we were passing over the traffic we were turned back toward final by approach control. When the controller did that we noticed he had turned us directly into traffic at same altitude at about 3 mi. As soon as he turned us he called out traffic alert and instructed us to climb. We started climbing and got an RA. So we climbed and turned eastward at the same time. We never got a visual on the traffic. We then got vectored back to final and descended to continue the approach. I think that cvg definitely needs to be upgraded to class B airspace. The amount of traffic in and out of the airport along with all of the VFR traffic at surrounding airspace dictates it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF CL65 ON VECTORS TO FINAL HAS TCASII ACTIVATE WITH TA, RA AS THE VECTOR ISSUED PUTS THEM AT SAME ALT HEADED DIRECTLY INTO TFC.
Narrative: WE WERE BEING VECTORED ONTO THE FINAL APCH BY CVG CTL AND THERE WAS A VFR ACFT 500 FT BELOW US IN THE DIRECTION WE HAD BEEN TURNED. THE CTLR CALLED OUT THE TFC. WE DID NOT SEE THEM AND AS WE WERE PASSING OVER THE TFC WE WERE TURNED BACK TOWARD FINAL BY APCH CTL. WHEN THE CTLR DID THAT WE NOTICED HE HAD TURNED US DIRECTLY INTO TFC AT SAME ALT AT ABOUT 3 MI. AS SOON AS HE TURNED US HE CALLED OUT TFC ALERT AND INSTRUCTED US TO CLB. WE STARTED CLBING AND GOT AN RA. SO WE CLBED AND TURNED EASTWARD AT THE SAME TIME. WE NEVER GOT A VISUAL ON THE TFC. WE THEN GOT VECTORED BACK TO FINAL AND DSNDED TO CONTINUE THE APCH. I THINK THAT CVG DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED TO CLASS B AIRSPACE. THE AMOUNT OF TFC IN AND OUT OF THE ARPT ALONG WITH ALL OF THE VFR TFC AT SURROUNDING AIRSPACE DICTATES IT.
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.