TCASII RA advised PIC to climb after receiving descent clearance from approach control.

Attributes
ACN	184483
Time
Date	199107
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bdl
State Reference	CT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bdl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 121 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1950
ASRS Report	184483
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 18000 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

TCASII alert to climb after ATC approach control gave descent instructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TCASII RA ADVISED PIC TO CLB AFTER RECEIVING DSCNT CLRNC FROM APCH CTL.

Narrative: TCASII ALERT TO CLB AFTER ATC APCH CTL GAVE DSCNT INSTRUCTIONS.

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.