ASRS 2061209
ACN 2061209 · 2023-12 · Commercial Fixed Wing
Air carrier Captain reported a near miss with a helicopter departing a hospital under the approach course. The Captain leveled off to avoid the traffic, performed a go around, then returned to land safely.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim, de-identified by NASA. Placeholders: ZZZ,
X, Y.
Going ZZZ to SHV we were doing the RNAV 24 and got an RA at 1300 feet for a aircraft taking off from one of the hospitals just under the approach course. Helicopter came within 400 feet of our aircraft and RA was received stating “level off―. First Officer (FO) was Pilot Flying (PF) and disconnected auto pilot immediately and leveled off to clear the conflict. We then executed a go-around because the approach was no longer stable and we were too high. We came back around and landed with no issue. Cause: ATC. Other pilot lack of situational awareness.
NASA classification · Anomalies
- ATC Issue
- Conflict
- Inflight Event / Encounter
NASA classification · Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Airspace Structure · Human Factors · Software and Automation · Procedure
- Primary Problem
- Procedure
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