TCASII RA climb. Altitude deviation.

Attributes
ACN	258219
Time
Date	199312
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : orw
State Reference	CT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 21000 msl bound upper : 22000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zbw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 10700 flight time type : 75
ASRS Report	258219
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	258217
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 18000 vertical : 2300
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Received TCASII TA followed by an RA 'climb.' as PF, I disconnected autoplt and put aircraft into climb, prior to reaching FL220 from FL210 TCASII 'clear of traffic' was received. Leveled off at FL220, then returned to FL210.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TCASII RA CLB. ALTDEV.

Narrative: RECEIVED TCASII TA FOLLOWED BY AN RA 'CLB.' AS PF, I DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT AND PUT ACFT INTO CLB, PRIOR TO REACHING FL220 FROM FL210 TCASII 'CLR OF TFC' WAS RECEIVED. LEVELED OFF AT FL220, THEN RETURNED TO FL210.

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.