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Flight crew of an atx helicopter gave concern to a canadair regional jet flight crew, which was on initial climb, by turning toward the jet's runway briefly to avoid another helicopter coming in to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 441592 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msy.airport |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : msy.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Bell Helicopter 412 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : msy.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 441592 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 750 vertical : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were flying aircraft bell 412. Cleared to take off from the west pad heliport with no direction of takeoff. I elected to take off east to avoid aircraft taking off from runway 28 to west and its wake turbulence. Asked for and received clearance for a turn to the south prior to the tower to avoid runway 19 and traffic taking off from runway 19. After turning south and clearing the end of runway 19, we had a bell 206 in front of us. We made a slight course change east to avoid the bell 206. A regional jet on takeoff runway 19 apparently perceived us to be continuing across runway 19. We continued south. The regional jet passed 1/8 mi to our east on our left side 500 ft above us. We were aware of the jet on takeoff runway 19, and only flew east enough to pass behind the incoming bell 206, and remain clear of the runway 19 traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN ATX HELI GAVE CONCERN TO A CANADAIR REGIONAL JET FLC, WHICH WAS ON INITIAL CLB, BY TURNING TOWARD THE JET'S RWY BRIEFLY TO AVOID ANOTHER HELI COMING IN TO LAND.
Narrative: WE WERE FLYING ACFT BELL 412. CLRED TO TAKE OFF FROM THE W PAD HELIPORT WITH NO DIRECTION OF TKOF. I ELECTED TO TAKE OFF E TO AVOID ACFT TAKING OFF FROM RWY 28 TO W AND ITS WAKE TURB. ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED CLRNC FOR A TURN TO THE S PRIOR TO THE TWR TO AVOID RWY 19 AND TFC TAKING OFF FROM RWY 19. AFTER TURNING S AND CLRING THE END OF RWY 19, WE HAD A BELL 206 IN FRONT OF US. WE MADE A SLIGHT COURSE CHANGE E TO AVOID THE BELL 206. A REGIONAL JET ON TKOF RWY 19 APPARENTLY PERCEIVED US TO BE CONTINUING ACROSS RWY 19. WE CONTINUED S. THE REGIONAL JET PASSED 1/8 MI TO OUR E ON OUR L SIDE 500 FT ABOVE US. WE WERE AWARE OF THE JET ON TKOF RWY 19, AND ONLY FLEW E ENOUGH TO PASS BEHIND THE INCOMING BELL 206, AND REMAIN CLR OF THE RWY 19 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.