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ATC alerted an air carrier about traffic during vectors for ewr runway 4R. With the traffic in sight and TCAS alerting the crew descended; so the traffic flew 400 ft overhead.

Narrative:

At 5;000 ft; vectors for runway 4R. ATC called single engine traffic 10 o'clock 500 ft high. We visually obtained traffic. TCAS indicated 400 ft above as the traffic passed overhead. We received a 'monitor vertical speed' indication (red bars above). First officer descended 2-300 ft to increase separation. Reported descent to ATC. No further incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC alerted an air carrier about traffic during vectors for EWR Runway 4R. With the traffic in sight and TCAS alerting the crew descended; so the traffic flew 400 FT overhead.

Narrative: At 5;000 FT; vectors for Runway 4R. ATC called single engine traffic 10 o'clock 500 FT high. We visually obtained traffic. TCAS indicated 400 FT above as the traffic passed overhead. We received a 'monitor vertical speed' indication (red bars above). First Officer descended 2-300 FT to increase separation. Reported descent to ATC. No further incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.