HS25 FLC INITIATE EVASIVE TCASII MANEUVER DUE TO OVERTAKEN AND CLBING TFC AT JQF ARPT. IN A LATER COM WITH JQF; SUPVR ADVISED CLT COORD DIFFERED FROM HS25'S ACTUAL POS.
Synopsis
HS25 FLC INITIATE EVASIVE TCASII MANEUVER DUE TO OVERTAKEN AND CLBING TFC AT JQF ARPT. IN A LATER COM WITH JQF; SUPVR ADVISED CLT COORD DIFFERED FROM HS25'S ACTUAL POS.
Narrative
CLT APCH VECTORED US IN TO A 'CLOSE IN' R BASE FOR RWY 20. APPROX 3 MI OUT; THEY TURNED US OVER TO THE CONCORD TWR. TWR ASKED US TO CALL A 3 MI FINAL FOR RWY 20. WE WERE MONITORING TCASII AND COMPLETING THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST. AS WE TURNED FINAL; THE TCASII BEGAN TO GIVE US A TA FOR ONE TARGET BELOW AND R. WITHIN SECONDS; THE TA BECAME AN RA. I IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A GAR. THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT THE TCASII; THE TARGET WAS INDICATING 200 FT BELOW US AND CLBING. TWR THEN CALLED THE GAR AS WELL. THEY CLBED US TO 3000 FT MSL AND TURNED US OVER TO CLT APCH. WE WERE THEN VECTORED AROUND FOR L TFC AND OVER TO THE TWR WHERE WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER SHUTDOWN; I CALLED THE CONCORD TWR TO DISCUSS THE INCIDENT. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTN THAT THE TWR WAS TOLD THAT WE WERE ON A 5 MI FINAL. WHEN IN FACT; CLT APCH SPECIFICALLY TOLD US TO MAKE A CLOSE R BASE. SO WHEN WE WERE SWITCHED OVER TO THE TWR; THEY WERE LOOKING FOR US ON A 5 MI FINAL -- WHEN IN FACT WE WERE 3 MI OUT ON A R BASE. 2 OTHER ACFT WERE CLOSE IN WITH US AT THIS TIME -- THE ONE WE HAD INCIDENT WITH; AND ONE OTHER. IN MY OPINION; THE PREVENTION OF THIS OCCURRENCE IN THE FUTURE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CLT APCH. BETTER COM BTWN CLT AND CONCORD WILL PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.