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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-524 · Charlotte, NC · June 16, 2000

Date
June 16, 2000 · 09:00 local
Place
Charlotte, NC
Airport
Charlotte-Douglas International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N16647
Reported as
Boeing 737524
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)In a telephone interview conducted by this inspector, privacy data omitted stated that he initiated a climb from his assigned altitude of FL280 in response to TCAS instructions reference a resolution alert with a miliart T-38 climbing to an assigned altitude of FL270. Captain pinkerton had a visual contact on opposite direction traffic at FL290 (BLR824) and had acquired the military T-38 on his TCAS onlyprivacy data omitted . Furthermore, captain pinkerton was required to respond to TCAS instructions.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THIS INSPECTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ STATED THAT HE INITIATED A CLIMB FROM HIS ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF FL280 IN RESPONSE TO TCAS INSTRUCTIONS REFERENCE A RESOLUTION ALERT WITH A MILIART T-38 CLIMBING TO AN ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF FL270. CAPTAIN PINKERTON HAD A VISUAL CONTACT ON OPPOSITE DIRECTION TRAFFIC AT FL290 (BLR824) AND HAD ACQUIRED THE MILITARY T-38 ON HIS TCAS ONLY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . FURTHERMORE, CAPTAIN PINKERTON WAS REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO TCAS INSTRUCTIONS.