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Air carrier leaves cruise altitude in compliance with a TCASII RA caused by an aircraft suspected to be in a skydiving operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 520880 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200108 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : rid.vortac |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zhu.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : day.tracon |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 19 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 520880 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne critical |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2000 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | Airspace Structure |
Narrative:
Received TCASII RA in cruise over rid VOR. Descended and advised dayton approach. No conflict. Landed uneventfully. Other aircraft suspected to be skydiver operations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LEAVES CRUISE ALT IN COMPLIANCE WITH A TCASII RA CAUSED BY AN ACFT SUSPECTED TO BE IN A SKYDIVING OP.
Narrative: RECEIVED TCASII RA IN CRUISE OVER RID VOR. DSNDED AND ADVISED DAYTON APCH. NO CONFLICT. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. OTHER ACFT SUSPECTED TO BE SKYDIVER OPS.
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.