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E175 captain reported an near midair collision with a small private jet on descent into phx.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1743830 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | P50.TRACON |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC |
Narrative:
During descent on the brusr arrival into phx; I noticed an aircraft on TCAS approximately 2;900 ft. Below us and climbing towards us as we descended through 13;000 ft. Just prior to 12;500 ft.; I disconnected the autopilot and started to shallow the descent and level off as I could tell we were getting too close. At the same time; a TCAS RA commanded 'monitor vertical speed' with a green box around a level attitude. ATC also instructed us to stop our descent (after the RA had already sounded). I also saw the other aircraft out of my window at about this time; it was a small private jet. A few moments later; ATC instructed us to descend and maintain 11;000 ft. But the RA was still commanding level flight; so I told ATC we could not do that yet. When the RA stated 'clear of conflict' I resumed a descent and clarified the altitude with ATC. When I saw the other aircraft; we were very close. I estimate that we passed within 500 ft. Of each other. ATC completely ignored us when we stated that we were responding to an RA; then ignored us again when we stated that we could not accept a descent yet because the RA was still active.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: E175 Captain reported an NMAC with a small private jet on descent into PHX.
Narrative: During descent on the BRUSR arrival into PHX; I noticed an aircraft on TCAS approximately 2;900 ft. below us and climbing towards us as we descended through 13;000 ft. Just prior to 12;500 ft.; I disconnected the autopilot and started to shallow the descent and level off as I could tell we were getting too close. At the same time; a TCAS RA commanded 'monitor vertical speed' with a green box around a level attitude. ATC also instructed us to stop our descent (after the RA had already sounded). I also saw the other aircraft out of my window at about this time; it was a small private jet. A few moments later; ATC instructed us to descend and maintain 11;000 ft. but the RA was still commanding level flight; so I told ATC we could not do that yet. When the RA stated 'clear of conflict' I resumed a descent and clarified the altitude with ATC. When I saw the other aircraft; we were very close. I estimate that we passed within 500 ft. of each other. ATC completely ignored us when we stated that we were responding to an RA; then ignored us again when we stated that we could not accept a descent yet because the RA was still active.
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.