MD80 and unknown aircraft had an near midair collision in N90 airspace.

Attributes
ACN	418286
Time
Date	199810
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ewr airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9600 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90 artcc : zmp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	418286
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	vertical : 400
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Departure out of ewr. Departure control vectored us off our departure routing. Passing 10000 ft, we received a TCASII RA not to descend. Traffic on TCASII was pop up and read -400 ft. Departure control instructed us to turn right immediately. Perception: I think departure control forgot about us or anticipated we would be climbing a lot faster.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 AND UNKNOWN ACFT HAD AN NMAC IN N90 AIRSPACE.

Narrative: DEP OUT OF EWR. DEP CTL VECTORED US OFF OUR DEP ROUTING. PASSING 10000 FT, WE RECEIVED A TCASII RA NOT TO DSND. TFC ON TCASII WAS POP UP AND READ -400 FT. DEP CTL INSTRUCTED US TO TURN R IMMEDIATELY. PERCEPTION: I THINK DEP CTL FORGOT ABOUT US OR ANTICIPATED WE WOULD BE CLBING A LOT FASTER.

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.