LGT ON VECTOR FOR VISUAL APCH RECEIVED A TCASII RA ON AN LTT ON VISUAL APCH TO PARALLEL RWY. LTT WENT VISUALLY BELOW LGT IN CLOSE PROX.

Date: 1993-10 · Aircraft: Large Transport; Low Wing; 3 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: conflict-nmac

Synopsis

LGT ON VECTOR FOR VISUAL APCH RECEIVED A TCASII RA ON AN LTT ON VISUAL APCH TO PARALLEL RWY. LTT WENT VISUALLY BELOW LGT IN CLOSE PROX.

Narrative

FLT WAS PROCEEDING UNDER STL RADAR APCH CTL. WX WAS VMC. WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON RWY 30R LOC AT 5000 FT. WE THEN RECEIVED A CLRNC TO DSND TO 3500 FT. AS THE ACFT DSNDED THROUGH APPROX 4000 FT; WE RECEIVED A TCASII RA TO 'CLB.' WHILE EXECUTING THE ESCAPE MANEUVER WE NOTICED A RED SYMBOL DIRECTLY UNDER THE ACFT SYMBOL ON THE IVSI WITH A SEPARATION NOTATION OF '00' FT. SHORTLY AFTER INITIATING OUR CLB; THE CAPT OBSERVED AN LTT Y SLOWLY DIVERGING FROM THE L SIDE OF OUR ACFT AND DIRECTLY ABEAM; BUT NOW BELOW US. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME; WE RECEIVED A 'CLR OF CONFLICT' ADVISORY. WE IMMEDIATELY ADVISED THE CTLR WE HAD RECEIVED AN RA AND HAD COMPLIED WITH TCASII COMMANDS TO CLB. THE CTLR THEN ADVISED US WE HAD LTT Y TFC OFF OUR L ON VISUAL APCH TO RWY 30L AND THEN CLRED US FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 30R. THE REMAINDER OF THE APCH AND LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. AFTER LNDG THE CAPT CONTACTED A SUPVR AT STL TRACON AND WAS ADVISED THAT; AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION; THE LTT Y HAD BEEN PROCEEDING ON A VISUAL APCH CLRNC TO RWY 30L. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THIS ACFT HAD RPTED US IN SIGHT AND HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION. PRIOR TO JOINING THE LOC; WE WERE ISSUED NO TA REGARDING THE LTT Y EVEN THOUGH WE WERE STILL UNDER RADAR CTL. ALSO; THE ATIS ADVERTISED VISUAL APCHS TO RWY 30L AND RWY 30R UTILIZING RWY 30R ILS AND RWY 30L LDA-DME. WHY DID THE LTT Y FLY TO THE R OF HIS VISUAL APCH COURSE? REALISTICALLY; WE CANNOT BE PRESUMED RESPONSIBLE FOR VISUAL SEPARATION FROM TFC WE WERE UNABLE TO SEE AND THAT WHICH WAS NOT RPTED TO US BY ATC.

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