Narrative:

Flight atl-dca was 100 mi out at FL260 (assigned altitude). Aircraft climbing to FL250 opposite direction, gave us an RA and it said to climb. We climbed to FL266 and leveled off. Other aircraft opposite leveled FL250. We told center of the occurrence and went back to FL260. No conflict occurred. Center did not say anything about the deviation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALTDEV ALT EXCURSION INFLT CREW RESPONSE TO TCASII RA. EVASIVE ACTION CLB.

Narrative: FLT ATL-DCA WAS 100 MI OUT AT FL260 (ASSIGNED ALT). ACFT CLBING TO FL250 OPPOSITE DIRECTION, GAVE US AN RA AND IT SAID TO CLB. WE CLBED TO FL266 AND LEVELED OFF. OTHER ACFT OPPOSITE LEVELED FL250. WE TOLD CTR OF THE OCCURRENCE AND WENT BACK TO FL260. NO CONFLICT OCCURRED. CTR DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE DEV.

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.