Near midair collision between a beech king air climbing out of phl and a B747 on arrival.

Attributes
ACN	490532
Time
Date	200011
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl single value : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : phl.tracon tower : lax.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beechcraft Twin Turboprop Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : phl.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : vacating altitude
Route In Use	arrival : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 15 controller time certified in position1 : 8.8
ASRS Report	490532
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	490910
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : separated traffic flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

I was working a king air out of trenton, nj, climbing to 9000 ft, flying to pottstown VOR. North arrival was working the B747 inbound to phl. I got distraction and didn't point the king air out to north arrival. North arrival controller noticed the 2 aircraft converging and turned the heavy to avoid the king air. Supplemental information from acn 490910: being vectored to phl airport in VFR conditions, ATC turned us from our 180 degree heading left to 090 degrees. We were descending at about 1000 FPM. ATC, then in a panic, told us to steepen our bank angle. As we did that, we received a TA from TCASII, followed by a traffic RA. TCASII showed an aircraft at 12 O'clock position, 300 ft climbing. We quickly increased thrust to go around power and increased bank to 45 degrees and nose-up pitch. The airplane began to shudder and shake violently. We were unable to meet the TCASII climb requirements because of our bank angle and confign. We never saw the traffic, but without TCASII, the crew felt like we probably would have hit this airplane. When asked, ATC said they saw the traffic but were not talking to him. There was also no ATC handoff to the next controller. On follow-up, ATC admitted this was a total ATC mistake. They promised they would take 'in-house' action to prevent this from happening again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC BTWN A BEECH KING AIR CLBING OUT OF PHL AND A B747 ON ARR.

Narrative: I WAS WORKING A KING AIR OUT OF TRENTON, NJ, CLBING TO 9000 FT, FLYING TO POTTSTOWN VOR. N ARR WAS WORKING THE B747 INBOUND TO PHL. I GOT DISTR AND DIDN'T POINT THE KING AIR OUT TO N ARR. N ARR CTLR NOTICED THE 2 ACFT CONVERGING AND TURNED THE HVY TO AVOID THE KING AIR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 490910: BEING VECTORED TO PHL ARPT IN VFR CONDITIONS, ATC TURNED US FROM OUR 180 DEG HDG L TO 090 DEGS. WE WERE DSNDING AT ABOUT 1000 FPM. ATC, THEN IN A PANIC, TOLD US TO STEEPEN OUR BANK ANGLE. AS WE DID THAT, WE RECEIVED A TA FROM TCASII, FOLLOWED BY A TFC RA. TCASII SHOWED AN ACFT AT 12 O'CLOCK POS, 300 FT CLBING. WE QUICKLY INCREASED THRUST TO GAR PWR AND INCREASED BANK TO 45 DEGS AND NOSE-UP PITCH. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY. WE WERE UNABLE TO MEET THE TCASII CLB REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE OF OUR BANK ANGLE AND CONFIGN. WE NEVER SAW THE TFC, BUT WITHOUT TCASII, THE CREW FELT LIKE WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HIT THIS AIRPLANE. WHEN ASKED, ATC SAID THEY SAW THE TFC BUT WERE NOT TALKING TO HIM. THERE WAS ALSO NO ATC HDOF TO THE NEXT CTLR. ON FOLLOW-UP, ATC ADMITTED THIS WAS A TOTAL ATC MISTAKE. THEY PROMISED THEY WOULD TAKE 'IN-HOUSE' ACTION TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

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.