Safety Recommendation

Abstract

On February 6, 1999, at 0336 central standard time, Federal Express flight 1020 (FDX1020), a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10F, and Air Canada flight 754 (ACA754), an Airbus A320, were involved in a near midair collision approximately 40 miles north of Lincoln, Nebraska. While ACA754 was in cruise at flight level 350 (approximately 35,000 feet above sea level), the pilot received a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)1 traffic advisory (TA) about FDX1020 then a resolution advisory (RA), directing the flight crew to climb to avoid a potential collision. The two aircraft subsequently passed within one mile. horizontally and 600 feet vertically. FDX1020 was not equipped with TCAS nor was it required. The flight crew of FDXl020 reported that it had not received any TAs from air traffic control (ATC) and had not been notified that proper separation had not been maintained. Neither aircraft was damaged, and no injuries were reported. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the incident. Both flights were operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 on instrument flight plans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 09, 1999
Accession Number
ADA372583

Entities

People

  • Jim Hall

Organizations

  • National Transportation Safety Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Collisions
  • Flight
  • Flight Crews
  • Instrument Flight
  • Mid-Air Collisions
  • Passenger Aircraft
  • Pilots
  • Sense And Avoid Systems
  • Traffic Collision Avoidance System
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.