Flight crew of B737, on arrival to ewr, respond appropriately to TCASII RA.

Attributes
ACN	619810
Time
Date	200406
Day	Wed
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3700
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 22l
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	approach : instrument non precision arrival : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 3000 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	619810
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 5000 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	619809
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne critical non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : tcas
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to assigned altitude other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 600
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Apparent confusion between ewr ATC and another flight resulted in an RA requiring our aircraft to climb from assigned 3000 ft MSL to 3700 ft MSL. A TCASII traffic warning was followed in about 5 seconds by monitor vertical speed followed by climb command. As we climbed, the aircraft below us also was climbing and in my opinion did not follow his TCASII advisory. The conflicting aircraft with the red square box had a climbing arrow and 600 ft below us. We climbed to 3700 ft before the conflict was clear. ATC never warned us of the aircraft and seemed annoyed that we were not in position to land at ewr airport. The controller advised us to descend to make the approach. We reached 3000 ft MSL on the extended centerline of runway 22L, and were asked to sidestep to runway 22R and complied, landed without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF B737, ON ARR TO EWR, RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO TCASII RA.

Narrative: APPARENT CONFUSION BTWN EWR ATC AND ANOTHER FLT RESULTED IN AN RA REQUIRING OUR ACFT TO CLB FROM ASSIGNED 3000 FT MSL TO 3700 FT MSL. A TCASII TFC WARNING WAS FOLLOWED IN ABOUT 5 SECONDS BY MONITOR VERT SPD FOLLOWED BY CLB COMMAND. AS WE CLBED, THE ACFT BELOW US ALSO WAS CLBING AND IN MY OPINION DID NOT FOLLOW HIS TCASII ADVISORY. THE CONFLICTING ACFT WITH THE RED SQUARE BOX HAD A CLBING ARROW AND 600 FT BELOW US. WE CLBED TO 3700 FT BEFORE THE CONFLICT WAS CLR. ATC NEVER WARNED US OF THE ACFT AND SEEMED ANNOYED THAT WE WERE NOT IN POS TO LAND AT EWR ARPT. THE CTLR ADVISED US TO DSND TO MAKE THE APCH. WE REACHED 3000 FT MSL ON THE EXTENDED CTRLINE OF RWY 22L, AND WERE ASKED TO SIDESTEP TO RWY 22R AND COMPLIED, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.