Bell jet ranger pilot gets a TA when departing ewr VFR to the south. Pilot assumes traffic is landing runway 22 since the wind favors that runway. Pilot crosses centerline of runway 11 and has an near midair collision with arrival commuter, the aircraft that had been pointed out. Tower had failed to advise runway assignment for landing commuter.

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Attributes
ACN	381549
Time
Date	199709
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 800 msl bound upper : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ewr
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Jet Ranger Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other cruise other other
Route In Use	approach : visual departure other
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : straight in arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 550
ASRS Report	381549
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 300
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

After being cleared for the linden routing (sbound) along the west side of ewr, traffic was pointed out to me by tower and I was told to maintain visual. I was under the assumption the aircraft was landing at ewr's active into the wind (runway 22). The tower said that he told me the traffic was landing runway 11 but a downwind landing didn't make sense. Upon crossing the runway 11 centerline I looked down and saw the aircraft below me. The original aircraft appeared to have passed behind me (out of my sight). I mentioned the fact that we passed over the aircraft to tower not knowing it was the same one as before. The other aircraft was descending to runway 11 and was below me, therefore no evasive action was taken. Failure of the pilot to report 'lost visual contact' and failure of tower to make clear the intentions of the other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BELL JET RANGER PLT GETS A TA WHEN DEPARTING EWR VFR TO THE S. PLT ASSUMES TFC IS LNDG RWY 22 SINCE THE WIND FAVORS THAT RWY. PLT CROSSES CTRLINE OF RWY 11 AND HAS AN NMAC WITH ARR COMMUTER, THE ACFT THAT HAD BEEN POINTED OUT. TWR HAD FAILED TO ADVISE RWY ASSIGNMENT FOR LNDG COMMUTER.

Narrative: AFTER BEING CLRED FOR THE LINDEN ROUTING (SBOUND) ALONG THE W SIDE OF EWR, TFC WAS POINTED OUT TO ME BY TWR AND I WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN VISUAL. I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THE ACFT WAS LNDG AT EWR'S ACTIVE INTO THE WIND (RWY 22). THE TWR SAID THAT HE TOLD ME THE TFC WAS LNDG RWY 11 BUT A DOWNWIND LNDG DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. UPON XING THE RWY 11 CTRLINE I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW THE ACFT BELOW ME. THE ORIGINAL ACFT APPEARED TO HAVE PASSED BEHIND ME (OUT OF MY SIGHT). I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE PASSED OVER THE ACFT TO TWR NOT KNOWING IT WAS THE SAME ONE AS BEFORE. THE OTHER ACFT WAS DSNDING TO RWY 11 AND WAS BELOW ME, THEREFORE NO EVASIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN. FAILURE OF THE PLT TO RPT 'LOST VISUAL CONTACT' AND FAILURE OF TWR TO MAKE CLR THE INTENTIONS OF THE OTHER ACFT.

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.