NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
Small transport pilot reported ATC notified the pilot of converging traffic and the pilot saw an airliner. The pilot took evasive action to avoid the conflict, notified ATC, and proceeded on with the flight.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
I was flying westbound on my assigned routing and altitude on V68 over the MARCS intersection at 12,000 ft. MSL. I received a call from SAT Approach Control I had converging traffic to my right. I then saw an airliner, too very close. I took immediate action to dive and turn right to avoid the conflict. I reported to SAT what I did and then presumed my assigned routing and altitude. There was no discussion of the incident after the event.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Conflict
- Deviation - Altitude
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Human Factors · Procedure
- Primary Problem
- Ambiguous
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.