2 LIGHT ACFT HAD AN ALLEGED NMAC.
Synopsis
2 LIGHT ACFT HAD AN ALLEGED NMAC.
Narrative
ON MAY/FRI/93; AFTER LNDG; I WAS TOLD BY FLL GND CTLR TO TELEPHONE ZMA. AFTER TALKING TO A CTR SUPVR; I FOUND OUT THAT AN SMA; WHICH WAS FLYING NWBOUND AT 6000 FT IFR UNDER ZMA CTL; HAD RPTED A NEAR MISS SIT WITH A LIGHT TWIN ENG ACFT. ZMA CTLR HAD ASSUMED THAT THE TWIN ENG ACFT WAS MY ACFT BECAUSE OF SIMILAR FLT PATH. I ADVISED THE SUPVR THAT; AT NO TIME I RECALL A NEAR MISS SIT AND I NEVER RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINT OF THAT NATURE FROM ANY ONE OF ANY 5 PAX. THEN I ASKED HIM HOW DOES THE CTLR KNOW THAT IT WAS MY ACFT INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED INCIDENT? HE ANSWERED; WHEN YOU CONTACTED MIA APCH CTL; THEY FOLLOWED YOUR FLT PATH! I THEN ADVISED HIM THAT I DID NOT CONTACT MIA APCH AT ANY TIME. MY FLT WAS INITIATED FROM SARASOTA; FL; AT XX00 LCL WITH ARSA DEP. AFTER LEAVING SRQ ARSA; I WAS UNDER FAA APPROVED COMPANY FLT FOLLOWING PROCS AND MY NEXT ATC COM WAS WITH FLL TWR AT 15 MI W OF FLL INTL ARPT (AT 1500 FT). IN MY OPINION; WHAT REALLY CAUSED THIS PROB WAS THE AIR TFC CTLR'S LACK OF ATTN TO HIS BASIC CTLR'S/PLT DUTIES ABOUT IFR SEPARATION; AIM CHAPTER 4 (AIR TFC CTL) SEC 4 PARAGRAPH #271(C) AND SAFETY ALERT; AIM CHAPTER 5 (AIR TFC PROCS) PARAGRAPH #406 B(1) AND (2) TO HIS IFR TFC (SMA AT 6000 FT FLYING NWBOUND INTO THE SUN!). INSTEAD; THE CTLR ELECTS TO POINT FINGER AT MY ACFT WHICH HAPPENS TO BE IN THE APPROX VICINITY OF ALLEGED NEAR MISS AREA. YES; LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT ALMOST ALWAYS; EVERY DAY AT H PLUS 45 LCL EASTERN STANDARD TIME; THERE WILL BE A LIGHT TWIN ENG ACFT IN THE VICINITY OF THE ALLEGED AREA BECAUSE THAT IS A DAILY SCHEDULED FLT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.