Air carrier on radar vectors has TCASII RA. No action as traffic in sight.

Attributes
ACN	201918
Time
Date	199202
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	201918
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 10500 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On radar vectors for VOR-G at lga. Level 4000 ft. VFR traffic at 4500 ft holding at proud caused a TCASII RA 'monitor vertical speed.' no evasive action was required.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR ON RADAR VECTORS HAS TCASII RA. NO ACTION AS TFC IN SIGHT.

Narrative: ON RADAR VECTORS FOR VOR-G AT LGA. LEVEL 4000 FT. VFR TFC AT 4500 FT HOLDING AT PROUD CAUSED A TCASII RA 'MONITOR VERT SPD.' NO EVASIVE ACTION WAS 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.