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On initial approach to ewr; the flight crew of a turboprop commuter aircraft complied with a TCAS RA with a teb departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 847193 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Narrative:
As we were descending to 2500 ft and direct gimee preparing for the approach into ewr; ATC instructed us that an aircraft was departing teb and would level at 1500. Our TCAS issued an RA; which we complied with since clouds obstructed visual contact with the other aircraft. I notified ATC we were deviating due to an RA and were climbing again. He said ok; and that once we were clear of conflict to join the localizer and descend back to 2500 ft. He said it's ok if we go through the localizer if necessary. We cleared the conflict very quickly and started descending to 2500 and joined the localizer from the other side. We were cleared to descend to 1700 ft and cleared for the approach. It was a high workload time but we were able to achieve a stabilized approach. We completed the approach with no further problems. ATC did warn us that there was an aircraft departing teb and that he would level at 1500 ft; but since we got the RA we decided to comply just to be safe since it was too cloudy for a visual identification of the aircraft. In visual conditions it wouldn't have been an issue but in IMC it would be better to space arrivals to ewr and departures from teb so that situation won't occur.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: On initial approach to EWR; the flight crew of a turboprop commuter aircraft complied with a TCAS RA with a TEB departure.
Narrative: As we were descending to 2500 FT and direct GIMEE preparing for the approach into EWR; ATC instructed us that an aircraft was departing TEB and would level at 1500. Our TCAS issued an RA; which we complied with since clouds obstructed visual contact with the other aircraft. I notified ATC we were deviating due to an RA and were climbing again. He said OK; and that once we were clear of conflict to join the Localizer and descend back to 2500 FT. He said it's OK if we go through the LOC if necessary. We cleared the conflict very quickly and started descending to 2500 and joined the LOC from the other side. We were cleared to descend to 1700 FT and cleared for the approach. It was a high workload time but we were able to achieve a stabilized approach. We completed the approach with no further problems. ATC did warn us that there was an aircraft departing TEB and that he would level at 1500 FT; but since we got the RA we decided to comply just to be safe since it was too cloudy for a visual identification of the aircraft. In visual conditions it wouldn't have been an issue but in IMC it would be better to space arrivals to EWR and departures from TEB so that situation won't occur.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.