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A B737 experienced a near miss on climbout in ZHU airspace. A TCAS evasive action was take in order to avoid the other aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 848394 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AUS.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 400 |
Narrative:
During our climbout of aus after passing 10;000 ft and after accelerating to our climb speed we received a TCAS traffic advisory showing traffic at 12:00 and descending into us. Immediately following the traffic advisory we received the resolution advisory 'descend; descend now; descend; descend now'. The flying pilot immediately reduced power and pushed the nose over into a descent. We passed directly under a single engine low wing aircraft. Our altitude was 10;500 ft and the TCAS showed the traffic at +400 ft but I am quite sure we passed closer than that. I notified houston center and they responded 'roger'. When asked if they showed traffic; they responded; 'we do now; at 10;900 ft.'
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 experienced a near miss on climbout in ZHU airspace. A TCAS evasive action was take in order to avoid the other aircraft.
Narrative: During our climbout of AUS after passing 10;000 FT and after accelerating to our climb speed we received a TCAS traffic advisory showing traffic at 12:00 and descending into us. Immediately following the traffic advisory we received the resolution advisory 'descend; descend now; descend; descend now'. The flying pilot immediately reduced power and pushed the nose over into a descent. We passed directly under a single engine low wing aircraft. Our altitude was 10;500 FT and the TCAS showed the traffic at +400 FT but I am quite sure we passed closer than that. I notified Houston Center and they responded 'Roger'. When asked if they showed traffic; they responded; 'We do now; at 10;900 FT.'
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.