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Unable to visually locate traffic pointed out by approach control, an air carrier leaves his assigned altitude when a TCASII RA is received. The required report to ATC of the excursion was not given.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 507110 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : n90.tracon |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5700 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 507110 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to assigned altitude |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 300 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
New york approach control tried to get us to identify VFR traffic 500 ft above us. Saw a light, but could not positively identify. He had a heavy foreign accent and was hard to understand. Got a TCASII RA and descended 300 ft then climbed back up to 6000 ft. Noticed on TCASII that we had traffic 300 ft above us, not 500 ft. While this was occurring, he gave us a frequency change and forgot to report TCASII alert as we then got a descent clearance from new controller. First officer on IOE was flying and followed TCASII as taught.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UNABLE TO VISUALLY LOCATE TFC POINTED OUT BY APCH CTL, AN ACR LEAVES HIS ASSIGNED ALT WHEN A TCASII RA IS RECEIVED. THE REQUIRED RPT TO ATC OF THE EXCURSION WAS NOT GIVEN.
Narrative: NEW YORK APCH CTL TRIED TO GET US TO IDENT VFR TFC 500 FT ABOVE US. SAW A LIGHT, BUT COULD NOT POSITIVELY IDENT. HE HAD A HVY FOREIGN ACCENT AND WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND. GOT A TCASII RA AND DSNDED 300 FT THEN CLBED BACK UP TO 6000 FT. NOTICED ON TCASII THAT WE HAD TFC 300 FT ABOVE US, NOT 500 FT. WHILE THIS WAS OCCURRING, HE GAVE US A FREQ CHANGE AND FORGOT TO RPT TCASII ALERT AS WE THEN GOT A DSCNT CLRNC FROM NEW CTLR. FO ON IOE WAS FLYING AND FOLLOWED TCASII AS TAUGHT.
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.