Narrative:

Inbound to newark on the FQM3; we were given a heading to the left (around 080) just prior to sweet. We were at 6;000 MSL and getting numerous civilian traffic alerts for at least 6-7 minutes straight. Our last advisory was an aircraft 1130-1200 approaching 500 ft above us. As the aircraft merged together; we received an RA due to the other aircraft now descending to around 6;000 ft (our current altitude). The first officer immediately disengaged the autopilot and climbed in accordance with the RA instructions. At the last second; ATC gave an instruction to turn hard right to avoid traffic. We climbed to around 7;000 ft MSL and advised ATC we had received an RA. We were instructed to go back to our heading and altitude when safety permitted.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An EMB-145 flight crew experienced an NMAC with a VFR general aviation aircraft while on descent to EWR.

Narrative: Inbound to Newark on the FQM3; we were given a heading to the left (around 080) just prior to SWEET. We were at 6;000 MSL and getting numerous civilian traffic alerts for at least 6-7 minutes straight. Our last advisory was an aircraft 1130-1200 approaching 500 FT above us. As the aircraft merged together; we received an RA due to the other aircraft now descending to around 6;000 FT (our current altitude). The First Officer immediately disengaged the autopilot and climbed in accordance with the RA instructions. At the last second; ATC gave an instruction to turn hard right to avoid traffic. We climbed to around 7;000 FT MSL and advised ATC we had received an RA. We were instructed to go back to our heading and altitude when safety permitted.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.