IFR corporate aircraft cleared for RNAV (GPS) runway 19 at pve; in IMC conditions; experienced near ...

Narrative:

I have been issued approach clearance for the RNAV lvp approach to runway 19 at pve beech river regional airport. After crossing the initial approach fix or as I was crossing it the controller issued a traffic advisory of a VFR aircraft just to the north of the intermediate fix. I saw him on tcad and switched over to the CTAF frequency and advised him or her that I was on the approach and heading toward him. I received no reply; but the aircraft started turning toward me and climbing. I had told the controller I would make a 360 degree turn to the right to give the other aircraft time to do something. He did it wrong he turned toward me after I had told him where I was. He may not have been on that frequency when I saw him turning toward me. I dove my aircraft sufficiently to have the TCAS start yelling sink rate. He passed directly overhead at somewhere between 50 to 100 ft above me. At that time I broke out of the clouds and visually recovered. I went around climbed back to altitude and rejoined the approach. I never saw the other aircraft visually. I told the controller that I had been solid IMC through the entire avoidance until I broke out. The controller was very helpful throughout.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: IFR corporate aircraft cleared for RNAV (GPS) Runway 19 at PVE; in IMC conditions; experienced NMAC with issued VFR traffic at 2200 feet; traffic observed on TCAD; but never visually sighted; evasive action taken to avoid traffic.

Narrative: I have been issued approach clearance for the RNAV LVP Approach to Runway 19 at PVE Beech River Regional airport. After crossing the initial approach fix or as I was crossing it the Controller issued a traffic advisory of a VFR aircraft just to the North of the intermediate fix. I saw him on TCAD and switched over to the CTAF frequency and advised him or her that I was on the approach and heading toward him. I received no reply; but the aircraft started turning toward me and climbing. I had told the Controller I would make a 360 degree turn to the right to give the other aircraft time to do something. He did it wrong he turned toward me after I had told him where I was. He may not have been on that frequency when I saw him turning toward me. I dove my aircraft sufficiently to have the TCAS start yelling sink rate. He passed directly overhead at somewhere between 50 to 100 FT above me. At that time I broke out of the clouds and visually recovered. I went around climbed back to altitude and rejoined the approach. I never saw the other aircraft visually. I told the Controller that I had been solid IMC through the entire avoidance until I broke out. The Controller was very helpful throughout.

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.

Attributes
ACN	846104
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MEM.TRACON
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Total 13000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 100

IFR corporate aircraft cleared for RNAV (GPS) runway 19 at pve; in IMC conditions; experienced near midair collision with issued VFR traffic at 2200 feet; traffic observed on tcad; but never visually sighted; evasive action taken to avoid traffic.