Air carrier has TCASII RA, stops descent. Passes 200 ft above traffic.

Attributes
ACN	206817
Time
Date	199204
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2600 msl bound upper : 2700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 85 flight time total : 7100 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	206817
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action other
Consequence	Other Other
Miss Distance	vertical : 200
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Got TCASII RA to 'decrease descent.' had visual contact with VFR traffic 200 ft (O O'clock position) below. I leveled aircraft at 2400 ft, VFR traffic passed below with no incident. TCASII gave no TA. (Maintenance called.) no incident. Landed runway 31 lga normally.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HAS TCASII RA, STOPS DSCNT. PASSES 200 FT ABOVE TFC.

Narrative: GOT TCASII RA TO 'DECREASE DSCNT.' HAD VISUAL CONTACT WITH VFR TFC 200 FT (O O'CLOCK POS) BELOW. I LEVELED ACFT AT 2400 FT, VFR TFC PASSED BELOW WITH NO INCIDENT. TCASII GAVE NO TA. (MAINT CALLED.) NO INCIDENT. LANDED RWY 31 LGA NORMALLY.

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.