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A BE200 pilot at 3000 feet arriving sgr reported an near midair collision with a VFR light aircraft on climb out.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 845480 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SGR.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 850 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 400 |
Narrative:
Was flying at 3000 feet MSL on vectors to sgr under houston approach control. We noticed a TCAS target converging. The apparent VFR traffic was in a climb right through our path. After sighting the airplane we contacted approach and he confirmed the target and said he had just picked up the traffic and never received a conflict warning from his station. I immediately initiated a steep climb over the traffic which appeared to be a light aircraft. Had we not had TCAS I'm uncertain whether we would have spotted this aircraft in time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE200 pilot at 3000 feet arriving SGR reported an NMAC with a VFR light aircraft on climb out.
Narrative: Was flying at 3000 feet MSL on vectors to SGR under Houston approach control. We noticed a TCAS target converging. The apparent VFR traffic was in a climb right through our path. After sighting the airplane we contacted approach and he confirmed the target and said he had just picked up the traffic and never received a conflict warning from his station. I immediately initiated a steep climb over the traffic which appeared to be a light aircraft. Had we not had TCAS I'm uncertain whether we would have spotted this aircraft in time.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.