An air carrier captain reported a near miss on bro runway 31L short final with another aircraft on a...

Attributes
ACN	993656
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BRO.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 400

Narrative:

We were assigned localizer/back course 31L due to reported hazy conditions at bro. Approach control cleared us for the approach and tower cleared us to land. On short final the tower called traffic on the right downwind for runway 35. We looked for the traffic but did not see it and told the tower that we did not have the traffic in sight. At 200 ft the tower asked if we had the traffic in sight. At the same time we received a TCAS TA. Using the TCAS display for reference; I visually acquired the downwind traffic directly overhead (0 mile lateral separation) with 400 ft vertical separation. I told the tower that traffic was in sight and the first officer continued the landing. There would not have been enough vertical separation for us to safely execute a go around.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Captain reported a near miss on BRO Runway 31L short final with another aircraft on a visual approach to Runway 35 after the crew had previously reported that aircraft not in sight and ATC failed update the traffic's position.

Narrative: We were assigned LOC/BC 31L due to reported hazy conditions at BRO. Approach Control cleared us for the approach and Tower cleared us to land. On short final the Tower called traffic on the right downwind for Runway 35. We looked for the traffic but did not see it and told the Tower that we did not have the traffic in sight. At 200 FT the Tower asked if we had the traffic in sight. At the same time we received a TCAS TA. Using the TCAS display for reference; I visually acquired the downwind traffic directly overhead (0 mile lateral separation) with 400 FT vertical separation. I told the Tower that traffic was in sight and the First Officer continued the landing. There would not have been enough vertical separation for us to safely execute a go around.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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 reported a near miss on bro runway 31L short final with another aircraft on a visual approach to runway 35 after the crew had previously reported that aircraft not in sight and ATC failed update the traffic's position.