B757 and small aircraft cessna had near midair collision.

Attributes
ACN	412900
Time
Date	199809
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cri airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	412900
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 100
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Being vectored at 220 degree radial, 15 mi for shore visual runway 13L, new york approach called traffic at 2500 ft MSL (unverified) at 12 O'clock, and told us to turn to 050 degrees and climb to 3500 ft. Immediately after vector, TCASII showed TA followed by RA. Disconnected autoplt and autothrottles and followed climb prompt. Visually saw cessna fly underneath us. He appeared to be climbing. TCASII showed -100 ft. Filed near miss with new york approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 AND SMA CESSNA HAD NMAC.

Narrative: BEING VECTORED AT 220 DEG RADIAL, 15 MI FOR SHORE VISUAL RWY 13L, NEW YORK APCH CALLED TFC AT 2500 FT MSL (UNVERIFIED) AT 12 O'CLOCK, AND TOLD US TO TURN TO 050 DEGS AND CLB TO 3500 FT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER VECTOR, TCASII SHOWED TA FOLLOWED BY RA. DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT AND AUTOTHROTTLES AND FOLLOWED CLB PROMPT. VISUALLY SAW CESSNA FLY UNDERNEATH US. HE APPEARED TO BE CLBING. TCASII SHOWED -100 FT. FILED NEAR MISS WITH NEW YORK APCH.

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.