<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1391159, September 2016

B767 first officer reported taking evasive action to avoid a conflict with opposite direction light twin in the vicinity of ewr airport.

Attributes
ACN	1391159
Time
Date	201609
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	N90.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 215 Flight Crew Type 13211
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude

Narrative:

Upon being handed off from boston center to new york approach; the approach controller was so busy; we were unable to check in. Approximately 2 minutes after receiving the handoff; we saw an aircraft climbing in our direction coming in the opposite direction. When the altitude separation was about 600 feet; we got a resolution alert. We climbed to 7500 feet (from 7000 feet;) and forced a communication through to ATC; advising them of our climb due to traffic. We saw the traffic (it looked like a cessna 402) pass below us; and we returned to our assigned altitude of 7000 feet. We advised the controller; and continued without further incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 First Officer reported taking evasive action to avoid a conflict with opposite direction light twin in the vicinity of EWR airport.

Narrative: Upon being handed off from Boston Center to New York Approach; the Approach controller was so busy; we were unable to check in. Approximately 2 minutes after receiving the handoff; we saw an aircraft climbing in our direction coming in the opposite direction. When the altitude separation was about 600 feet; we got a Resolution Alert. We climbed to 7500 feet (from 7000 feet;) and forced a communication through to ATC; advising them of our climb due to traffic. We saw the traffic (it looked like a Cessna 402) pass below us; and we returned to our assigned altitude of 7000 feet. We advised the Controller; and continued without 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.