PLT IN A C90 ACFT IFR ENRTE FROM DTS TO JKA IS REQUIRED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION WHEN A NAVY T34 TRAINER PERFORMS AEROBATICS AT HIS ALT AND RTE OF FLT.
Synopsis
PLT IN A C90 ACFT IFR ENRTE FROM DTS TO JKA IS REQUIRED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION WHEN A NAVY T34 TRAINER PERFORMS AEROBATICS AT HIS ALT AND RTE OF FLT.
Narrative
I WAS FLYING ON AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM DTS TO JKA AT 6000 FT MSL AND A 280 DEG HDG ASSIGNED BY EGLIN AFB RADAR FACILITY. I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT PNS APCH AND AFTER ESTABLISHING CONTACT WITH PNS; WAS ASSIGNED A 270 DEG HDG. I WAS WATCHING A NAVY T34 TRAINER PERFORMING AEROBATICS AT ABOUT MY 1 O'CLOCK POS AND APPROX 2 MI DISTANCE. THE NAVY ACFT WAS CLBING AND DSNDING THROUGH MY ALT. PNS APCH NEVER ISSUED A TA FOR THIS ACFT. THE NAVY T34 BEGAN A STEEP DSCNT FROM ABOVE MY ALT TO APPROX 1000 FT BELOW MY ACFT THEN COMMENCED TO CLB STEEPLY; WHICH BROUGHT HIM APPROX 500 FT ABOVE MY ACFT. THE PLT OF THE NAVY ACFT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MY ACFT AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE ATTITUDE AND POS OF HIS ACFT. THE NAVY TRAINER WAS NOW AT MY 12 O'CLOCK POS AND APPROX 500 FT ABOVE AND APPROX 1000 FT HORIZ FROM MY ACFT AND IN A NEAR VERT ATTITUDE. THE NAVY ACFT BEGAN A WING OVER TYPE MANEUVER TO THE R (S) AT THE TOP OF HIS CLIMB; AND AT THIS TIME I TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID THIS ACFT. MY EVASIVE ACTION CONSISTED OF A TURN SHARPLY TO THE L (S) AND A DSCNT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE NAVY TRAINER. DURING THIS EVASIVE ACTION; I INFORMED PNS APCH THAT I WAS DEVIATING DUE TO TFC CONFLICT. I ARRESTED THE TURN ON A 180 DEG HDG AND STOPPED THE DSCNT AT 6600 FT MSL. PNS APCH THEN INFORMED ME OF ADDITIONAL TFC AT MY 12 O'CLOCK POS AND ALSO INFORMED ME OF THE ACFT I HAD JUST AVOIDED AND THAT HE WAS SQUAWKING AN AEROBATIC CODE. AFTER SAFELY CLRING THIS TFC; I INFORMED PNS APCH THAT I WAS RETURNING TO MY ASSIGNED HDG OF 270 DEGS. I ALSO BEGAN A CLB BACK TO MY ASSIGNED ALT OF 6000 FT MSL. THIS EVENT OCCURRED ALONG THE AIRSPACE BOUNDARIES OF PNS; FL; AND EGLIN AFB SUA E/W CORRIDOR WHICH CONSISTS OF A HIGH VOLUME OF CIVILIAN AND MIL TFC.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.