A single engine pilot reported a near miss after phl TRACON issued a traffic alert during a descent ...

Attributes
ACN	907825
Time
Date	201008
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	PHL.TRACON
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 2200 Flight Crew Type 400
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 200

Narrative:

IFR cleared to descent from 5;000 to 4;000 direct my destination. Advised by phl TRACON traffic 12:00 expedite descent. Went to 1;000 ft per minute. TCAS announcing 'traffic' 'traffic'. Painted target at 2 miles at 4;000 ft. Continued descent to 3;700 and leveled. Traffic passed directly over at 3;900 ft. Advised TRACON had descended to 3;700 to avoid traffic. Phl TRACON advised were only cleared to 4;000 and requested return to 4;000. Did so. Flight terminated as planned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A single engine pilot reported a near miss after PHL TRACON issued a traffic alert during a descent to 4;000 FT. The reporter descended to 3;700 FT to evade the traffic.

Narrative: IFR cleared to descent from 5;000 to 4;000 direct my destination. Advised by PHL TRACON traffic 12:00 expedite descent. Went to 1;000 FT per minute. TCAS announcing 'traffic' 'traffic'. Painted target at 2 miles at 4;000 FT. Continued descent to 3;700 and leveled. Traffic passed directly over at 3;900 FT. Advised TRACON had descended to 3;700 to avoid traffic. PHL TRACON advised were only cleared to 4;000 and requested return to 4;000. Did so. Flight terminated as planned.

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.

A single engine pilot reported a near miss after phl TRACON issued a traffic alert during a descent to 4;000 ft. The reporter descended to 3;700 ft to evade the traffic.