Airprox Serious incident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 ,
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Date:Wednesday 25 January 2012
Time:13:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH8B model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200
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Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:Broome Aerodrome, 013° M 31Km, WA -   Australia
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:
Departure airport:Broome Airport, WA (BME/YBRM)
Destination airport:Lombadina (YLBD)
Investigating agency: ATSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
At 1310 Western Standard Time and on descent to 6,000 ft, the crew of the inbound Bombardier DHC-8 (DHC-8) received a TCAS RA to descend about 17 NM north east of Broome. The crew then sighted a Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/45 (PC12) about 1 NM ahead and reported that it passed about 200 to 300 ft to the right and slightly above them. The traffic had departed Broome Airport at 1300. The pilot of the PC12 had not selected automatic direction finding (ADF) as one of the active navigation aids in the aircraft’s Electronic Flight Instrumentation System (EFIS). As a result, upon programming new information into the EFIS after departure, the PC12 unintentionally deviated from the desired outbound track and conflicted with the inbound track of the DHC-8.

Sources:

ATSB AO-2012-018

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