An air carrier captain on ILS to runway 30 at lgb in IMC reported conflict with a cessna in the VFR ...

Attributes
ACN	845288
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	LGB.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Horizontal 1500 Vertical 300

Narrative:

On ILS approach to runway 30 at lgb descending through approximately 1300 ft the tower advised us of cessna traffic. We advised tower we were IMC. Desending through 800 ft we received a TA alert for traffic at our 11-11:30 position and maybe a quarter mile. We visually spotted the cessna as we desended through 750 ft. In our 12 o'clock postion. The TCAS indicated the cessna was only 300ft above us. When we inquired the tower about this aircraft we were told that was the traffic that had been pointed out to us while IMC. Evidently the cessna was on a VFR downwind to runway 25 at lgb. This was entirely too close at any time; especially however; given the weather conditions at the time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain on ILS to Runway 30 at LGB in IMC reported conflict with a Cessna in the VFR traffic pattern for Runway 25.

Narrative: On ILS approach to Runway 30 at LGB descending through approximately 1300 ft the Tower advised us of Cessna traffic. We advised Tower we were IMC. Desending through 800 ft we received a TA alert for traffic at our 11-11:30 position and maybe a quarter mile. We visually spotted the Cessna as we desended through 750 ft. in our 12 o'clock postion. The TCAS indicated the Cessna was only 300ft above us. When we inquired the Tower about this aircraft we were told that was the traffic that had been pointed out to us while IMC. Evidently the Cessna was on a VFR downwind to Runway 25 at LGB. This was entirely too close at any time; especially however; given the weather conditions at the time.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

An air carrier captain on ILS to runway 30 at lgb in IMC reported conflict with a cessna in the VFR traffic pattern for runway 25.