<< >> NASA ASRS Report 876586, February 2010

An air carrier crew approaching dfw reported a TCAS RA alert simultaneously with ATC calling traffic. The RA climb was followed and the traffic passed 200' beneath them.

Attributes
ACN	876586
Time
Date	201002
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	DFW.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR JEN 9
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 200

Narrative:

We just received a 060 heading abeam curle on the JEN9 arrival. We were at 5000 ft. Traffic turned yellow about 200 ft below us and climbing. At the time ATC was advising us of VFR traffic we were already in a 1800-2000 fmp climb as specified by the RA. At 5800 ft we were clear of traffic and began a descent back to 5000 ft. ATC was notified and we returned to altitude and course.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Crew approaching DFW reported a TCAS RA alert simultaneously with ATC calling traffic. The RA climb was followed and the traffic passed 200' beneath them.

Narrative: We just received a 060 heading abeam CURLE on the JEN9 arrival. We were at 5000 FT. Traffic turned yellow about 200 FT below us and climbing. At the time ATC was advising us of VFR traffic we were already in a 1800-2000 FMP climb as specified by the RA. At 5800 FT we were clear of traffic and began a descent back to 5000 FT. ATC was notified and we returned to altitude and course.

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.