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Flight crew of a DHC6 was descending for an approach into ena airport and took evasive action to avoid a white cessna. The DHC6 was equipped with TCASII but did not show traffic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 410348 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ena |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 1700 agl bound upper : 1700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Twin Otter DHC-6 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10100 flight time type : 3200 |
| ASRS Report | 410348 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 1200 flight time type : 850 |
| ASRS Report | 410350 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 200 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On descent into kenai, ak, in VFR conditions, approximately 12 mi north of the kenai VOR at 1700 ft, we experienced a near miss with a single engine cessna, and had to take evasive action to avoid a collision. Our TCASII was on and operational and showed no traffic. The cessna was all white and blended in with some scattered clouds in the distance. He was on a reciprocal heading from ours and our scan picked up aircraft at our 12:30 position and we were able to maneuver to avoid traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A DHC6 WAS DSNDING FOR AN APCH INTO ENA ARPT AND TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A WHITE CESSNA. THE DHC6 WAS EQUIPPED WITH TCASII BUT DID NOT SHOW TFC.
Narrative: ON DSCNT INTO KENAI, AK, IN VFR CONDITIONS, APPROX 12 MI N OF THE KENAI VOR AT 1700 FT, WE EXPERIENCED A NEAR MISS WITH A SINGLE ENG CESSNA, AND HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A COLLISION. OUR TCASII WAS ON AND OPERATIONAL AND SHOWED NO TFC. THE CESSNA WAS ALL WHITE AND BLENDED IN WITH SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS IN THE DISTANCE. HE WAS ON A RECIPROCAL HDG FROM OURS AND OUR SCAN PICKED UP ACFT AT OUR 12:30 POS AND WE WERE ABLE TO MANEUVER TO AVOID 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.