Altitude deviation altitude excursion. TCASII RA.

Attributes
ACN	261010
Time
Date	199401
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mco artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 240
ASRS Report	261010
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 21000
ASRS Report	261351
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During climb out from mco we deviated off our assigned level off altitude of 8000 ft due to a TCASII alert until the conflicting aircraft was acquired visually, then returned to our assigned altitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALTDEV ALT EXCURSION. TCASII RA.

Narrative: DURING CLBOUT FROM MCO WE DEVIATED OFF OUR ASSIGNED LEVEL OFF ALT OF 8000 FT DUE TO A TCASII ALERT UNTIL THE CONFLICTING ACFT WAS ACQUIRED VISUALLY, THEN RETURNED TO OUR ASSIGNED ALT.

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.