An air taxi crew at 6;000 ft was issued a traffic advisory at 5;500 ft by roa TRACON on vectors for ...

Attributes
ACN	1292795
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RDU.Airport
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 89 Flight Crew Total 9489 Flight Crew Type 2288
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Vertical 500

Narrative:

We were flying on a part 135 flight to roa. There were four passengers onboard. I was the assigned PIC for the flight and I was flying from the left seat. It was approximately xa:55 and we were in the terminal area of roa and communicating with roanoke approach control. We were at 6000 feet and were assigned vectors and told to expect the visual approach to runway 34. Roanoke approach control advised us of traffic at our one o'clock position and 500 feet below us. We both attempted to visually locate the traffic. I adjusted my TCAS range to 5 miles and could see the traffic on the TCAS display but was not able to visually locate the traffic. We received an audible message to 'monitor vertical speed;' which I did. Shortly thereafter the TCAS issued a resolution advisory to 'climb'. I immediately disconnected the autopilot and began to climb. Within seconds we were clear of the conflict. The first officer notified ATC that we had just complied with the RA. Shortly thereafter we observed the airport and were given the visual approach. We landed without incident. There were no injuries or damage to the aircraft. I called our chief pilot to advise him of the incident. I don't believe that we could have handled the situation any differently. The TCAS performed its function and we complied with the 'RA'. I believe that the approach control facility should have vectored our aircraft further away from the other aircraft instead of relying on our ability to see the traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air taxi crew at 6;000 ft was issued a traffic advisory at 5;500 ft by ROA TRACON on vectors for ROA. The crew did not see the aircraft but responded to a TCAS RA CLIMB with the traffic 500 ft beneath.

Narrative: We were flying on a Part 135 flight to ROA. There were four passengers onboard. I was the assigned PIC for the flight and I was flying from the left seat. It was approximately XA:55 and we were in the terminal area of ROA and communicating with Roanoke Approach control. We were at 6000 feet and were assigned vectors and told to expect the visual approach to runway 34. Roanoke Approach control advised us of traffic at our one o'clock position and 500 feet below us. We both attempted to visually locate the traffic. I adjusted my TCAS range to 5 miles and could see the traffic on the TCAS display but was not able to visually locate the traffic. We received an audible message to 'monitor vertical speed;' which I did. Shortly thereafter the TCAS issued a Resolution Advisory to 'Climb'. I immediately disconnected the autopilot and began to climb. Within seconds we were clear of the conflict. The First Officer notified ATC that we had just complied with the RA. Shortly thereafter we observed the airport and were given the visual approach. We landed without incident. There were no injuries or damage to the aircraft. I called our Chief Pilot to advise him of the incident. I don't believe that we could have handled the situation any differently. The TCAS performed its function and we complied with the 'RA'. I believe that the Approach Control facility should have vectored our aircraft further away from the other aircraft instead of relying on our ability to see the traffic.

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.

An air taxi crew at 6;000 ft was issued a traffic advisory at 5;500 ft by roa TRACON on vectors for roa. The crew did not see the aircraft but responded to a TCAS RA climb with the traffic 500 ft beneath.