NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
Air carrier Captain reported a NMAC during departure from SFB airport requiring a descent as advised by the RA to avoid a possible collision.
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
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We were climbing out of Sanford my guess between GUANO and BKENI. Frequency XXX.X. At around 14,000 ATC notified us of an aircraft doing air work at 15,500. Around 15,300 we received an RA to descend. I did the memory items and descended us and then we got clear of conflict shortly after. On our Navigation Display, we looked to have been within 5 miles and within 200-300 ft. of the aircraft. We let the controller know and continued back to our climb. Per our guidelines and from what we saw, it might qualify for an NMAC. I could have tried to ask ATC for a vector to the right. I believe the lack of communication between the air work airplane and ATC caused it. I could have tried to shallow out the descent or climbed faster.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Conflict
- Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Human Factors
- Primary Problem
- Human Factors
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 ↗.