Final Report: TCAS alert resulted in excessive maneuver

Bombardier Challenger 604, Teterboro, N.J., Oct. 31, 2006–The NTSB attributed this incident to the Bombardier Flexjet pilot’s excessive maneuver to avoid another airplane in response to a traffic collision alert on approach to Teterboro Airport. Also cited was the pilot’s failure to follow company procedures, which included beginning a visual search for the other aircraft and a warning that “certain vertical speeds were not safe.