Narrative:

Air carrier X from charlotte, nc, to cincinnati, oh. Captain was flying, I (first officer) was working radios. We were working cincinnati approach 123.87 35 south. Our TCAS system was operational and voiced 'traffic, traffic' and showed traffic on the radar at 8 O'clock, 800' below us climbing. We had the cpr Y in sight and we heard the cpr Y tell approach he had us in sight. We had been cleared to 7000' and as we watched the radar/TCAS, we realized cpr Y was climbing up to or through our altitude. At that point approach asked us to verify our altitude was 8000' as were descending through 7500'. We verified that we were cleared to 7000'. We asked if there was a conflict and if so we would pull the voice recorder circuit breaker to save the tape. The controller said no conflict. When approach gave us the clearance to 7000', I responded air carrier X 7000'. The controller never responded or corrected me.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR X DESCENDED TO WRONG ALT HAD LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION FROM CPR Y. SYSTEM ERROR. PLTDEV.

Narrative: ACR X FROM CHARLOTTE, NC, TO CINCINNATI, OH. CAPT WAS FLYING, I (F/O) WAS WORKING RADIOS. WE WERE WORKING CINCINNATI APCH 123.87 35 S. OUR TCAS SYS WAS OPERATIONAL AND VOICED 'TFC, TFC' AND SHOWED TFC ON THE RADAR AT 8 O'CLOCK, 800' BELOW US CLBING. WE HAD THE CPR Y IN SIGHT AND WE HEARD THE CPR Y TELL APCH HE HAD US IN SIGHT. WE HAD BEEN CLRED TO 7000' AND AS WE WATCHED THE RADAR/TCAS, WE REALIZED CPR Y WAS CLBING UP TO OR THROUGH OUR ALT. AT THAT POINT APCH ASKED US TO VERIFY OUR ALT WAS 8000' AS WERE DSNDING THROUGH 7500'. WE VERIFIED THAT WE WERE CLRED TO 7000'. WE ASKED IF THERE WAS A CONFLICT AND IF SO WE WOULD PULL THE VOICE RECORDER CB TO SAVE THE TAPE. THE CTLR SAID NO CONFLICT. WHEN APCH GAVE US THE CLRNC TO 7000', I RESPONDED ACR X 7000'. THE CTLR NEVER RESPONDED OR CORRECTED ME.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.