BAE146 pilot on approach reported an airborne conflict with a CRJ200 departing from the opposite dir...

Attributes
ACN	1466193
Time
Date	201707
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	BAe 146 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 137
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Direct
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 6700 Flight Crew Type 400
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Horizontal 12000 Vertical 500

Narrative:

During descent to airport after a mission; a TCAS resolution advisory (RA) was issued due to proximity to a regional jet which had just departed. We followed the RA. The two aircraft passed each other at a safe distance. Without TCAS; this would have been a near miss at best.the wind was favoring; and all aircraft had been using; runway xx all day. The crj took off the opposite direction because the winds were variable at 4. We were planning runway xx on our initial descent and were prepared for the straight in runway xx approach we had received previously. [This airport] does not have radar or an ATIS so we had no knowledge of the departing traffic until we checked on at 12 miles out.based on the conversation I overheard between tower and the crj; it was clear that the crj did not know that there was no radar coverage in the area. They were much more concerned with talking to the tower about traffic they saw on their TCAS than maneuvering to avoid it. They also were unaware that other high speed traffic may be transiting the uncontrolled airspace without communicating to ATC. Vigilance outside the cockpit must be maintained. Pilots are way too distracted inside these days; and are not using a proper 'see and avoid' technique. Fortunately the TCAS equipment worked well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BAE146 pilot on approach reported an airborne conflict with a CRJ200 departing from the opposite direction. The TCAS RA was complied with to maintain separation.

Narrative: During descent to airport after a mission; a TCAS Resolution Advisory (RA) was issued due to proximity to a regional jet which had just departed. We followed the RA. The two aircraft passed each other at a safe distance. Without TCAS; this would have been a near miss at best.The wind was favoring; and all aircraft had been using; Runway XX all day. The CRJ took off the opposite direction because the winds were variable at 4. We were planning Runway XX on our initial descent and were prepared for the straight in Runway XX approach we had received previously. [This airport] does not have radar or an ATIS so we had no knowledge of the departing traffic until we checked on at 12 miles out.Based on the conversation I overheard between tower and the CRJ; it was clear that the CRJ did not know that there was no radar coverage in the area. They were much more concerned with talking to the tower about traffic they saw on their TCAS than maneuvering to avoid it. They also were unaware that other high speed traffic may be transiting the uncontrolled airspace without communicating to ATC. Vigilance outside the cockpit must be maintained. Pilots are way too distracted inside these days; and are not using a proper 'see and avoid' technique. Fortunately the TCAS equipment worked well.

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.