Narrative:

Weather was 250 sct; visibility greater than 10 miles. Aircraft was 15 miles northwest of ewr on vectors for ILS 22L at 5;000 feet MSL; heading 040 degrees. Approach gave a traffic call for a small aircraft at 12 o'clock; 3 miles; opposite direction; level at 5;500 feet; VFR with flight following. Both crew members immediately visually acquired the aircraft and the pm (pilot monitoring) responded to the ATC call that the traffic was in sight. As the small aircraft passed overhead at 5;500 feet a TCAS RA of 'monitor vertical speed' was received. The PF (pilot flying) reacted by maintaining level flight as the traffic passed overhead. The flight landed on 22L at ewr without further incident.RA occurred as traffic passed 500 feet overhead.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported an NMAC with a small aircraft while maneuvering to land at EWR airport.

Narrative: Weather was 250 SCT; visibility greater than 10 miles. Aircraft was 15 miles NW of EWR on vectors for ILS 22L at 5;000 feet MSL; heading 040 degrees. Approach gave a traffic call for a small aircraft at 12 o'clock; 3 miles; opposite direction; level at 5;500 feet; VFR with Flight Following. Both crew members immediately visually acquired the aircraft and the PM (Pilot Monitoring) responded to the ATC call that the traffic was in sight. As the small aircraft passed overhead at 5;500 feet a TCAS RA of 'Monitor Vertical Speed' was received. The PF (Pilot Flying) reacted by maintaining level flight as the traffic passed overhead. The flight landed on 22L at EWR without further incident.RA occurred as traffic passed 500 feet overhead.

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.