Medium Transport
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 22000; Flight Crew Type 4000
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Situational Awareness; Workload
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airspace Structure; Human Factors; Procedure; Manuals
At 3;000 feet MSL we were being vectored from downwind to base for Runway18C at MEM. ATC advised us of traffic at 1;100 feet without comment of its altitude. We identified the traffic on TCAS and scanned externally to attain visual reference. We had not established visual reference with the traffic before the TCAS gave us a climb RA. I adived ATC of our RA responce. As we responded to the climb command I witnessed the traffic pass below us undicating -200 feet on the TCAS display. Once clear of conflict we returned to altitude and proceeded with the approach.No comment from ATC.
An aircraft on downwind vectors for MEM Runway 18C took evasive action to a TCAS near miss at 3;000 feet.