Close proximity 2 air carrier medium large transport aircraft in N90 TCA.

Attributes
ACN	141385
Time
Date	199003
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	departure sid : sid enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	141385
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 400
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Departure from ewr, first officer's leg. SID reads right 060 degrees upon crossing canarsie 327 degree right, left 290 degrees, maintain 2500 ft. Switching to departure after takeoff we noticed departure frequency was very congested. The captain was unable to get a work in till we were EST on a 290 degrees heading. After he finally got his initial call to departure, controller gave us a right turn to 040 degrees. As we started the turn captain noticed an air carrier Y medium large transport at our 2 O'clock position an grabbed controls and turned hard to the left and down 200 ft, to avoid hitting the medium large transport which started to climb at this point. If we were not between layers and or were not looking out windows we would have hit the medium large transport. Controller was much too busy and captain saved the day by noticing and initiating evasive action.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CLOSE PROX 2 ACR MLG ACFT IN N90 TCA.

Narrative: DEP FROM EWR, FO'S LEG. SID READS RIGHT 060 DEGS UPON XING CANARSIE 327 DEG R, LEFT 290 DEGS, MAINTAIN 2500 FT. SWITCHING TO DEP AFTER TKOF WE NOTICED DEP FREQ WAS VERY CONGESTED. THE CAPT WAS UNABLE TO GET A WORK IN TILL WE WERE EST ON A 290 DEGS HDG. AFTER HE FINALLY GOT HIS INITIAL CALL TO DEP, CTLR GAVE US A RIGHT TURN TO 040 DEGS. AS WE STARTED THE TURN CAPT NOTICED AN ACR Y MLG AT OUR 2 O'CLOCK POS AN GRABBED CONTROLS AND TURNED HARD TO THE LEFT AND DOWN 200 FT, TO AVOID HITTING THE MLG WHICH STARTED TO CLB AT THIS POINT. IF WE WERE NOT BTWN LAYERS AND OR WERE NOT LOOKING OUT WINDOWS WE WOULD HAVE HIT THE MLG. CTLR WAS MUCH TOO BUSY AND CAPT SAVED THE DAY BY NOTICING AND INITIATING EVASIVE ACTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.