B767 crew in the vicinity of atf had an encounter with opposite direction same altitude traffic and followed a TCASII TA to climb in order to avoid the aircraft.

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Attributes
ACN	418222
Time
Date	199810
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : atf
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33700
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : sbmu
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	418222
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 2000 vertical : 700
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

XA16Z, manaus control frequency, FL330. Manaus control. Location: 42 mi north of atf. At XA16 on oct/xa/98, while level at FL330, received a TA of oncoming traffic co-altitude approximately 10 mi out. At 7 mi, received RA to climb. Followed RA climbing to FL337. Air carrier Y passed below and to right, 2000 ft separation. Advised manaus control who did not respond to us but apparently queried air carrier Y in portuguese. Incident occurred 42 mi north of atf.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 CREW IN THE VICINITY OF ATF HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH OPPOSITE DIRECTION SAME ALT TFC AND FOLLOWED A TCASII TA TO CLB IN ORDER TO AVOID THE ACFT.

Narrative: XA16Z, MANAUS CTL FREQ, FL330. MANAUS CTL. LOCATION: 42 MI N OF ATF. AT XA16 ON OCT/XA/98, WHILE LEVEL AT FL330, RECEIVED A TA OF ONCOMING TFC CO-ALT APPROX 10 MI OUT. AT 7 MI, RECEIVED RA TO CLB. FOLLOWED RA CLBING TO FL337. ACR Y PASSED BELOW AND TO R, 2000 FT SEPARATION. ADVISED MANAUS CTL WHO DID NOT RESPOND TO US BUT APPARENTLY QUERIED ACR Y IN PORTUGUESE. INCIDENT OCCURRED 42 MI N OF ATF.

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.