Air carrier has near midair collision with small aircraft on approach.

Attributes
ACN	198597
Time
Date	199201
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90 tower : act
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 12000
ASRS Report	198597
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 300
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Light twin flew over us at 15 mi out of ewr on ILS to runway 4. Estimate he went over us VFR at about 300 ft. We were at 4000 ft descending for the ILS. No evasive action required.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HAS NMAC WITH SMA ON APCH.

Narrative: LIGHT TWIN FLEW OVER US AT 15 MI OUT OF EWR ON ILS TO RWY 4. ESTIMATE HE WENT OVER US VFR AT ABOUT 300 FT. WE WERE AT 4000 FT DSNDING FOR THE ILS. NO EVASIVE ACTION REQUIRED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.