Air Carrier Pilot crew reported a NMAC while on the ILS Z Rwy 8 to BUR. The pilot crew follow the RA maneuver and after the all clear; reestablished the ILS and landed.
Synopsis
Air Carrier Pilot crew reported a NMAC while on the ILS Z Rwy 8 to BUR. The pilot crew follow the RA maneuver and after the all clear; reestablished the ILS and landed.
Narrative
On approach to BUR; we were cleared for the ILS to Runway 8. We were in the middle of configuring for landing when about the time we were passing VNY airport; ATC (Approach) gave us a traffic advisory for an aircraft on our right that would be passing below and behind us. I looked down to see a converging symbol about 500 feet below us and instinctively turned off the autopilot anticipating a TCAS. Immediately following we received a 'monitor vertical speed' then a 'Climb' call and symbology. I hand flew the maneuver as required and noticed that the plane symbol appeared right below us at 400 feet. I want to say we were at flaps 15 and decelerating below 170 kts at the time though it all happened very quickly. We notified Approach we were responding to a TCAS RA. Soon after we received a 'clear of conflict' message. Approach asked if we wanted to continue; and we said Yes". I finished configuring and we were able to get back on the glideslope and hit the 1;000 foot mark fully stabilized. The landing was uneventful.Personally; this was too close for me. I understand this is a busy place but we had a Controller; another Pilot who should have seen us; and clearance for an ILS approach. The only thing that saved us from hitting that aircraft was the TCAS. We were down to one slice of swiss cheese preventing us from what could have been a major accident. Please talk to ATC and see if there's a learning point for them in this. We did everything by the book and we almost got killed. Thank the Lord for TCAS and for our airline that has worked so hard on this training for so long. It paid off in spades today and I am thankful for all of you in Safety."
Second reporter narrative
We were on the ILS Z for Runway 8 at BUR. I was the Pilot Monitoring (PM). We were inside of the FAF with flaps 15 and landing gear down. At around 1;800 feet - 2;000 feet MSL; ATC issued a Traffic Advisory (TA). The traffic was at our 1 o'clock position at one mile and 700 feet below us. I was looking but could not spot them as it was a little hazy. The visibility was at 7 SM. Soon after we received a TCAS 'Monitor Vertical Speed' advisory followed shortly by a 'Climb' RA. The Captain was the Pilot Flying (PF). He had disengaged the autopilot; autothrottles and pitched up to satisfy the RA command. Once we were clear of the conflict we continued our descent to the runway and were stable at 1;000 feet AGL. We landed without any further incident.Pointing out traffic sooner during the approaches into BUR and paying extra attention to VFR traffic in that area.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.