B737 FLC ON INST APCH TO FOREIGN ARPT EXECUTES EVASIVE MANEUVER IN ACCORDANCE WITH TCASII RA.
Synopsis
B737 FLC ON INST APCH TO FOREIGN ARPT EXECUTES EVASIVE MANEUVER IN ACCORDANCE WITH TCASII RA.
Narrative
ILS DME 2 MGGT; RAG TO AUR INBOUND ACR Y AT 11000 FT APPROX 2 MI IN FRONT OF ACR X AT 9000 FT. BOTH FLTS CLRED IFR APCH. ACR X SLOWED TO 190 KIAS; FLAPS 5 DEGS OVERHEAD AUR VOR. ACR X DEPARTED AUR VOR ON 215 DEG RADIAL; FLAPS 10 DEGS; SPD REDUCED TO 150 KIAS. ACR X GOT YELLOW TCASII DISPLAY FROM DSNDING ACR Y. APCH IS ATTEMPTING TO GET SPACING (IE; ACR Y FAST; ACR X SLOW). ACR X FMS APCH SET UP WITH AUR 215 DEG RADIAL; 6.2 DME AS TURN POINT; AUR 205 DEG RADIAL 6.8 DME AS MIDPOINT OF PROC; TO ROLLOUT AT VILAN AT 6300 FT. CONFIGURED LNDG GEAR DOWN; FLAPS 15 DEGS PRIOR TO 215 DEG RADIAL 6.2 DME. RECONFIGURED FLAPS 25 DEGS BEFORE INITIATING TURN AT 6.2 DME 6600 FT. APPROX 70 DEGS THROUGH TURN; ACR X GOT RED TCASII DISPLAY OF CO-ALT TARGET TO THE R OF OUR NOSE. CREW BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE; DISENGAGED THE AUTOPLT AT 90 DEG TURN AND ROLLED WINGS LEVEL. (WX CONDITIONS INTERMITTENT.) ACR X CREW VISUALLY SIGHTED ACR Y AT OUR 2 O'CLOCK POS APPROX 6000-9000 FT CO-ALT. ACR X INITIATED A CLBING R TURN TO ACR Y LAG POS. TCASII ALERT SOUNDED; COMMANDING MAINTAIN VERT SPD. ACR X CREW CLRED AFT OF ACR Y AS THE AIRBUS 320 INITIATED A GAR. ACR X OVERSHOT ILS FINAL; TURNED BACK INBOUND TO AN UNEVENTFUL FINAL APCH AND LNDG. ACR X MAX DME DURING PROC WAS 6.8 DME. (ACR Y OUTSIDE 7 DME DURING PROC.) APCH PLATE SPECIFIED 'DO NOT EXCEED 7 DME ARC.' APCH NEVER MENTIONED ACR Y THROUGHOUT THE APCH AND SEEMED UNAWARE OF THE CONFLICT UNTIL AFTER THE ACFT HAD INITIATED EVASIVE MANEUVERING.
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