LR60 ON VISUAL APCH TO RWY 15 TO ASE RECEIVED TCASII RA AND INITIATES EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID DEP FROM RWY 33.
Synopsis
LR60 ON VISUAL APCH TO RWY 15 TO ASE RECEIVED TCASII RA AND INITIATES EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID DEP FROM RWY 33.
Narrative
WE WERE ON A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 15; BEHIND ANOTHER LNDG ACFT. THE TWR CTLR TOLD US TO STAY W OF THE RWY CTRLINE FOR TFC. A FALCON WAS TAKING OFF FROM RWY 33 ON THE LINDZ 4 DEP; AFTER THE FALCON CLRED THE FIRST ACFT; WE WERE WARNED ABOUT THE TFC; I RESPONDED THAT IT WAS NOT IN SIGHT; AND THE CTLR REPLIED 'THANK YOU.' WE COULD SEE THE FALCON ON OUR TCASII; AND IT WAS CLBING; WHILE WE WERE DSNDING. THE FALCON TURNED WBOUND (AS PER THE LINDZ 4) TOWARD OUR COURSE. WHEN WE WERE WITHIN 500 VERT FT OF EACH OTHER; THE TCASII GAVE US AN RA TO CLB. THE CAPT IGNORED THE RA AND CONTINUED TO DSND BECAUSE THE FALCON WAS CLRLY CLBING; AND HE BELIEVED CLBING WOULD HAVE PUT US ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH THE FALCON. WE FINALLY SAW THE FALCON WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 1 MI AWAY. IT PASSED RIGHT OVER US. RIGHT AFTER IT DID; I LOOKED AT THE TCASII AND IT READ 100 FT AND CHANGED TO 200 FT. BOTH ACFT WERE FOLLOWING LNDG AND DEPARTING PROC AS PUBLISHED OR AS INSTRUCTED BY ATC; AND WE STILL HAD A NEAR MISS. HAVING ACFT LAND AND DEPART ON OPPOSITE RWYS WITH VERY LITTLE SEPARATION IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE STOPPED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.