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Flight crew of a fokker 100 descended from assigned arrival altitude in response to a TCASII RA. Small aircraft was observed crossing their flight path at the same altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 451710 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl single value : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90.tracon |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 451710 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action |
| Miss Distance | unspecified : 1000 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Heading 110 degrees at 6000 ft, received TA/RA to descend. Noticed small aircraft passing left to right at what appeared to be at our altitude. Returned to assigned altitude and notified ATC. Uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A FOKKER 100 DSNDED FROM ASSIGNED ARR ALT IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII RA. SMALL ACFT WAS OBSERVED XING THEIR FLT PATH AT THE SAME ALT.
Narrative: HEADING 110 DEGS AT 6000 FT, RECEIVED TA/RA TO DSND. NOTICED SMALL ACFT PASSING L TO R AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE AT OUR ALT. RETURNED TO ASSIGNED ALT AND NOTIFIED ATC. UNEVENTFUL.
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.