A VFR GA CESSNA PLT VIOLATED MIA CLASS B AIRSPACE; FLEW IN IMC; AND HAD AN NMAC WITH A B737-200.

1999-06 · NASA ASRS report 439727

Date: 1999-06 · Aircraft: B737-200 · Phase: landing

Anomalies: atc-issue-all-types|airspace-violation-all-types|conflict-nmac|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|inflight-event-encounter-vfr-in-imc

Synopsis

A VFR GA CESSNA PLT VIOLATED MIA CLASS B AIRSPACE; FLEW IN IMC; AND HAD AN NMAC WITH A B737-200.

Narrative

AFTER A MISSED APCH; I WAS GETTING VECTORS AROUND THE ARPT WHILE WAITING FOR WX TO IMPROVE AND TO COORDINATE POSSIBLE DIVERSION. WHILE IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS; MIAMI APCH ISSUED AN ADVISORY OF TFC (Y) AT 10 O'CLOCK POS; AT 2000 FT MSL. SEVERAL ADVISORIES FOLLOWED. WE DID NOT GET A CLRNC TO CLB FROM APCH CTL. AS I WAS ABOUT TO CLB; HE (Y) TURNED HIS XPONDER OFF; SINCE HE DISAPPEARED FROM OUR TCASII AND APCH LOST HIM ELECTRONICALLY. ASSUMING THAT HE (Y) HAD TO HAVE SEEN US (SINCE HE TURNED THE XPONDER OFF); I ASSUMED THAT HE HAD TO BE EXECUTING AN EVASIVE MANEUVER (PROBABLY; TURNING AND CLBING). CONSEQUENTLY; I ELECTED TO HOLD ALT. FROM A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS OFF TO MY L; I SAW A HIGH-WING; SINGLE ENG ACFT (PROBABLY A CESSNA); BANKING L AND CLBING AWAY FROM HIS COURSE INTO MY ACFT. I SAW THE FACE OF THE PLT. I NOTIFIED APCH CTL OF THE INCIDENT AND ASKED THEM TO TRACK THE ACFT UNTIL LNDG; WHICH THEY DID. AFTER LNDG; I TALKED WITH THE APCH CTL SUPVR AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE CULPRIT ACFT; NOT IN COMS WITH ATC; WAS FLYING IN REAL IFR CONDITIONS. I INFORMED HIM OF MY INTENTIONS TO FILE A RPT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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