33.9137° N, 98.4934° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita Falls, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 17, 2009
Place
Wichita Falls, TX
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
TCATE
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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) An air force aircraft, call sign TCATE22, while in the Wichita Falls, Texas area, declared an emergency and started climbing without a clearance. This caused a separation loss between TULSA31, another air force aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT, CALL SIGN TCATE22, WHILE IN THE WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS AREA, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND STARTED CLIMBING WITHOUT A CLEARANCE. THIS CAUSED A SEPARATION LOSS BETWEEN TULSA31, ANOTHER AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT.