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Near midair collision between a learjet 55, climbing out through 11000 ft, and a mooney passing over in the opposite direction. No time for evasive action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 483378 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jac.airport |
| State Reference | WY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zlc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | Learjet 28 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude |
| Route In Use | departure : noise abatement |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zlc.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Mooney Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 4300 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 483378 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 50 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were departing jackson hole, wy, and going to pueblo, co. We departed jackson hole airport to the south (runway 17?). We were cleared to 15000 ft and began a left turn on takeoff to a heading of 135 degrees as prescribed for noise abatement. We contacted center out of 9000 ft when tower handed us off. My copilot was running a checklist and I was flying. Climbing out of 11000 ft, I noticed something moving in the windscreen out of the corner of my eye. I looked right and all I saw was the bottom of a mooney passing right overhead of us. I did not have time to take any evasive action. I immediately asked center if he had any traffic nearby and that we had a mooney pass 50 ft overhead of us going the opposite direction. His response (center) was 'we have numerous targets in your area.' center called 'radar contact' just after mooney passed overhead. I believe this could have been avoided if the copilot had waited to accomplish checklist until in radar contact, and been looking outside for traffic. I should have been scanning for traffic better as well. Center should notify aircraft of 'numerous targets in area.' I believed there was no other traffic in area because neither tower nor center advised of any. Be extremely alert in a resort/vacation area for traffic sight-seeing or passing over the area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN A LEARJET 55, CLBING OUT THROUGH 11000 FT, AND A MOONEY PASSING OVER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. NO TIME FOR EVASIVE ACTION.
Narrative: WE WERE DEPARTING JACKSON HOLE, WY, AND GOING TO PUEBLO, CO. WE DEPARTED JACKSON HOLE ARPT TO THE S (RWY 17?). WE WERE CLRED TO 15000 FT AND BEGAN A L TURN ON TKOF TO A HDG OF 135 DEGS AS PRESCRIBED FOR NOISE ABATEMENT. WE CONTACTED CTR OUT OF 9000 FT WHEN TWR HANDED US OFF. MY COPLT WAS RUNNING A CHKLIST AND I WAS FLYING. CLBING OUT OF 11000 FT, I NOTICED SOMETHING MOVING IN THE WINDSCREEN OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE. I LOOKED R AND ALL I SAW WAS THE BOTTOM OF A MOONEY PASSING R OVERHEAD OF US. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TAKE ANY EVASIVE ACTION. I IMMEDIATELY ASKED CTR IF HE HAD ANY TFC NEARBY AND THAT WE HAD A MOONEY PASS 50 FT OVERHEAD OF US GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HIS RESPONSE (CTR) WAS 'WE HAVE NUMEROUS TARGETS IN YOUR AREA.' CTR CALLED 'RADAR CONTACT' JUST AFTER MOONEY PASSED OVERHEAD. I BELIEVE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE COPLT HAD WAITED TO ACCOMPLISH CHKLIST UNTIL IN RADAR CONTACT, AND BEEN LOOKING OUTSIDE FOR TFC. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCANNING FOR TFC BETTER AS WELL. CTR SHOULD NOTIFY ACFT OF 'NUMEROUS TARGETS IN AREA.' I BELIEVED THERE WAS NO OTHER TFC IN AREA BECAUSE NEITHER TWR NOR CTR ADVISED OF ANY. BE EXTREMELY ALERT IN A RESORT/VACATION AREA FOR TFC SIGHT-SEEING OR PASSING OVER THE AREA.
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.