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Air carrier flight crew reports a TCAS RA arriving sjc from the south at 5;000 ft. Climbing slightly and turning to avoid VFR traffic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1091372 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201305 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | NCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Narrative:
After being cleared for the visual approach; ATC called out traffic and advised leveling at 5;000 ft until traffic passed. I was able to make visual contact with the traffic below. The traffic continued to climb. At that time I turned the aircraft to the left to create more space and began to level the aircraft prior to reaching 5;000 ft. At that time I watched the traffic pass below us and started a shallow descent for the airport. We received the traffic alert followed by a RA that lasted approximately 5 seconds. I complied with the RA. I should have been more aggressive with my spacing for the other traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier flight crew reports a TCAS RA arriving SJC from the south at 5;000 FT. Climbing slightly and turning to avoid VFR traffic.
Narrative: After being cleared for the visual approach; ATC called out traffic and advised leveling at 5;000 FT until traffic passed. I was able to make visual contact with the traffic below. The traffic continued to climb. At that time I turned the aircraft to the left to create more space and began to level the aircraft prior to reaching 5;000 FT. At that time I watched the traffic pass below us and started a shallow descent for the airport. We received the traffic alert followed by a RA that lasted approximately 5 seconds. I complied with the RA. I should have been more aggressive with my spacing for the other traffic.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.