An air carrier flight crew in an medium large transport react properly to a TCASII RA.

Attributes
ACN	398286
Time
Date	199803
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 29000 msl bound upper : 29800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
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 : 210 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	398286
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft responded to TCASII RA, climbing from cruise at FL290 to FL298, then returning to FL290. Other aircraft either climbed through assigned altitude or was assigned the wrong altitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLC IN AN MLG REACT PROPERLY TO A TCASII RA.

Narrative: ACFT RESPONDED TO TCASII RA, CLBING FROM CRUISE AT FL290 TO FL298, THEN RETURNING TO FL290. OTHER ACFT EITHER CLBED THROUGH ASSIGNED ALT OR WAS ASSIGNED THE WRONG 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.