B737 flight crew experienced a TCAS RA at 7;000 ft approaching svmi and took evasive action. Approac...

Attributes
ACN	926286
Time
Date	201101
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SVMI.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude

Narrative:

At 7;000 ft approximately 14 DME from miq VOR; on left downwind for runway 10 in IMC conditions; we received a traffic alert from TCAS followed immediately with an 'RA' to climb. The captain disconnected the auto pilot and followed the commands being displayed on the HSI. I immediately informed ATC that we had left our assigned altitude and were at 7;600 ft due to a TCAS traffic resolution. The symbol on the TCAS indicated that the traffic was 300 ft below us. ATC's response was 'report crossing the 320 degree radial from miq and descend to 5;000 ft'. Due to the language problem we found it difficult to communicate our concern at this. ATC never acknowledged the traffic conflict. We continued without further incident to destination. The captain contacted dispatch with a report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew experienced a TCAS RA at 7;000 FT approaching SVMI and took evasive action. Approach Control appeared unconcerned and issued a conditional descent to 5;000 FT.

Narrative: At 7;000 FT approximately 14 DME from MIQ VOR; on left downwind for Runway 10 in IMC conditions; we received a traffic alert from TCAS followed immediately with an 'RA' to climb. The Captain disconnected the auto pilot and followed the commands being displayed on the HSI. I immediately informed ATC that we had left our assigned altitude and were at 7;600 FT due to a TCAS traffic resolution. The symbol on the TCAS indicated that the traffic was 300 FT below us. ATC's response was 'report crossing the 320 degree radial from MIQ and descend to 5;000 FT'. Due to the language problem we found it difficult to communicate our concern at this. ATC never acknowledged the traffic conflict. We continued without further incident to destination. The Captain contacted dispatch with a report.

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.

B737 flight crew experienced a TCAS RA at 7;000 ft approaching svmi and took evasive action. Approach control appeared unconcerned and issued a conditional descent to 5;000 ft.