1992-10 · NASA ASRS report 223789
2 MIL FGT'S SPILL OUT OF RESTRICTED AIRSPACE AND CAUSE AN NMAC WITH AN IFR SMT.
AN SMT X WAS INBOUND TO LAND AT PUEBLO. WHEN OVER STANO INTXN HE RPTED A NEAR MIDAIR COLLISION WITH A FLT OF MIL ACFT. HE STATED THEY PASSED 50 FT BELOW HIM. I ADVISED I DID SEE THE TARGET AT THAT TIME; HOWEVER; THEY SHOULD BE BELOW 8500. THEN THE MODE C CAME UP AT 11400 FT. THE ACFT TURNED OUT TO BE 2 FGT Y'S THAT HAD SPILLED OUT OF R2601 AND AIR BURST MOA. A SHOUT LINE BTWN PUEBLO APCH AND THE RANGE CTL WOULD BE HELPFUL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT ACFT HE WAS WORKING WAS AN SMT WHO WAS APPROX 4 MI S OF THE RESTR AREA WHEN THE NMAC OCCURRED. THE ACFT WAS ON A RADAR VECTOR TO PUB. THE 2 MIL ACFT WENT ABOUT 5-10 MI OUTSIDE THE RESTR AREA BEFORE TURNING AROUND AND REENTERING. THE MIL FLT LEADER LATER STATED THAT THE SMT WAS NEVER IN SIGHT; BUT HIS WINGMAN HAD HIM IN SIGHT. AN NMAC WAS FILED BY THE SMT PLT. THE MIL FLT WAS NOT SHOWING UP ON RADAR. RPTR ALSO STATED THAT SPILLOUTS ARE NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE. THE SHOUT DOWN LINE RECOMMENDED IN HIS RPT WOULD JUST SPD UP OTHER COORD WITH RANGE CTL. THEY HAVE TO DIAL A 2 DIGIT NUMBER NOW TO CONTACT THEM. RESPONSE TIME IS OK; SO DON'T KNOW WHY THE REQUEST FOR A SHOUT DOWN LINE IS NEEDED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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