A B727 crew, on approach to dfw, responded to a climb RA from TCASII.

Attributes
ACN	558072
Time
Date	200208
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : ttt.vor
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d10.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d10.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-46 Malibu
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	558072
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : exited adverse environment other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error Intra Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

Level 3000 ft, 200 KTS, when cleared for the visual approach runway 17L at dfw. Just started descent for the visual approach, approximately 2900 ft MSL. TCASII alert RA for 'climb' at same time target visually acquired head-on approximately 500 ft below. Started climb to avoid conflict then continued visual approach. Problem may have been prevented by regional approach not clearing us for the visual approach with civil traffic in that sector/approach corridor. This area is very busy and conflict aircraft should have been vectored further east.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 CREW, ON APCH TO DFW, RESPONDED TO A CLB RA FROM TCASII.

Narrative: LEVEL 3000 FT, 200 KTS, WHEN CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH RWY 17L AT DFW. JUST STARTED DSCNT FOR THE VISUAL APCH, APPROX 2900 FT MSL. TCASII ALERT RA FOR 'CLB' AT SAME TIME TARGET VISUALLY ACQUIRED HEAD-ON APPROX 500 FT BELOW. STARTED CLB TO AVOID CONFLICT THEN CONTINUED VISUAL APCH. PROB MAY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY REGIONAL APCH NOT CLRING US FOR THE VISUAL APCH WITH CIVIL TFC IN THAT SECTOR/APCH CORRIDOR. THIS AREA IS VERY BUSY AND CONFLICT ACFT SHOULD HAVE BEEN VECTORED FURTHER E.

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.