# Incident 20091013052189I: Bombardier CL-600-2B19, Wichita Falls, TX, October 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2009, 10:18 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 33.9137° N, 98.4934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita Falls, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9137&lon=-98.4934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8524A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8524A-2014-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 48
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091013052189I

## Narrative

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

1 - THE CREW WAS OPERATING AS PINNACLE FLIGHT 4338 AND HAD BEEN GIVEN A CLEARANCE TO DESCEND TO FLIGHT LEVEL 280. AS THEY APPROACHED FLIGHT LEVEL 280 THEY WERE ISSUED OPOSITE DIRECTION TRFFIC, EAGLE FLIGHT 2736, THAT WAS CLIMBING TO FLIGHT LEVEL 270.  APPROACHING FLIGHT LEVEL 280 PINNACLE FLIGHT 4338 RECEIVED A TCAS RESOLUTION ADVISORY TO DESCEND AT 2400 FT PER MINUTE.  THEY COMPLIED WITH THE RESOLUTION ADVISORY, WHICH IS MANDATORY, AND DESCENDED 200 - 300 FEET BELOW FLIGHT LEVEL 280 AT WHICH TIME THE RESOLUTION ADVISORY REPORTED CLEAR OF CONFLICT.  PINNACLE FLIGHT 4338 STATED THEY HAD THE TRAFFIC IN SIGHT AND IMMEDIATELY CLIMBED BACK TO FLIGHT LEVEL 280.2 - THE INCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE TCAS ON BOTH AIRCRAFT GAVE A MANDATORY RESOLUTION ADVISORY DUE TO THE RAPID VERTICLE CLOSURE BETWEEN THE TWO  OPPOSITE DIRECTION AIRCRAFT.3 - NO RECOMMENDATIONS.4 - NO COMMENTS.

## Other reports on N8524A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20011217034249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011217034249I), Dec 17, 2001: Cndair CL6002B19 (N8524A), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On December 17, 2001, a challenger CL-600, N8524A, flight 5922, operated by express airlines landed on runway 10 at the Syracuse Hancock International…

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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