B767 near midair collision departing iiu.

Attributes
ACN	457258
Time
Date	199910
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
State Reference	KY
Altitude	msl single value : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : vacating altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sdf.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beechcraft Twin Turboprop Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 108 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 1060
ASRS Report	457258
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne critical conflict : nmac non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action
Miss Distance	horizontal : 1500 vertical : 50
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error
Situations
Airspace Structure	class e : sdf.e

Narrative:

Assigned 250 degree heading and cleared to climb to 10000 ft by louisville departure control. Out of 5000 ft on heading, ATC advised traffic passing in front of us, 'descending to 6000 ft, expect higher when clear.' the captain pushed down hard on the yoke as we saw what looked like a beech 18 pass from right to left, our top of climb only about 50 ft below 6000 ft as the captain descended back to 5000 ft. I advised the controller that we were cleared to 10000 ft and asked what altitude he wanted us at. He replied '5000 ft.' we leveled at 5000 ft and as we were now clear of the traffic were cleared to 10000 ft again. The controller just said 'sorry about that' when handing us off to ZID. If we hadn't seen the traffic and taken evasive action, we very likely would have collided at 6000 ft. TCASII in our aircraft would have given us more notice of the impending conflict and an RA before getting this close. We have several B767's with TCASII, but this aircraft was not equipped with TCASII.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 NMAC DEPARTING IIU.

Narrative: ASSIGNED 250 DEG HDG AND CLRED TO CLB TO 10000 FT BY LOUISVILLE DEP CTL. OUT OF 5000 FT ON HEADING, ATC ADVISED TFC PASSING IN FRONT OF US, 'DSNDING TO 6000 FT, EXPECT HIGHER WHEN CLR.' THE CAPT PUSHED DOWN HARD ON THE YOKE AS WE SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BEECH 18 PASS FROM R TO L, OUR TOP OF CLB ONLY ABOUT 50 FT BELOW 6000 FT AS THE CAPT DSNDED BACK TO 5000 FT. I ADVISED THE CTLR THAT WE WERE CLRED TO 10000 FT AND ASKED WHAT ALT HE WANTED US AT. HE REPLIED '5000 FT.' WE LEVELED AT 5000 FT AND AS WE WERE NOW CLR OF THE TFC WERE CLRED TO 10000 FT AGAIN. THE CTLR JUST SAID 'SORRY ABOUT THAT' WHEN HANDING US OFF TO ZID. IF WE HADN'T SEEN THE TFC AND TAKEN EVASIVE ACTION, WE VERY LIKELY WOULD HAVE COLLIDED AT 6000 FT. TCASII IN OUR ACFT WOULD HAVE GIVEN US MORE NOTICE OF THE IMPENDING CONFLICT AND AN RA BEFORE GETTING THIS CLOSE. WE HAVE SEVERAL B767'S WITH TCASII, BUT THIS ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH TCASII.

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.