An air carrier pilot reported a near miss with another aircraft on a lga arrival at 10;000 ft becaus...

Attributes
ACN	965226
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	N90.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 400

Narrative:

We were descending to 10;000 ft as assigned. Just before leveling we were told of traffic at 2:00 descending and crossing. At that time I think the traffic was about 500 ft above us. The controller told us if we needed to we could climb. Shortly after that we got the monitor vertical speed which showed slowing of descent rate. We slowed the rate and even climbed a couple of 100 ft. The traffic passed in front of us about 400 ft below descending. The controller said another controller was responsible.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier pilot reported a near miss with another aircraft on a LGA arrival at 10;000 FT because of a miscommunication between controllers on different frequencies.

Narrative: We were descending to 10;000 FT as assigned. Just before leveling we were told of traffic at 2:00 descending and crossing. At that time I think the traffic was about 500 FT above us. The Controller told us if we needed to we could climb. Shortly after that we got the monitor vertical speed which showed slowing of descent rate. We slowed the rate and even climbed a couple of 100 FT. The traffic passed in front of us about 400 FT below descending. The Controller said another Controller was responsible.

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 pilot reported a near miss with another aircraft on a lga arrival at 10;000 ft because of a miscommunication between controllers on different frequencies.