# Incident 20000616033779I: Boeing 737524, Charlotte, NC, June 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte-Douglas International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 35.2132° N, 80.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2132&lon=-80.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16647, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16647-2012-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-524 (registry code 1384721, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737524
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000616033779I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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