B737 crew had altitude overshoot which resulted in a TCASII RA.

Attributes
ACN	460550
Time
Date	200001
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 7000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cle.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other other vortac
Route In Use	arrival : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cle.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	460550
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 215 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 405
ASRS Report	460549
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : returned to assigned altitude none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	vertical : 700
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While descending for arrival into cleveland, we were cleared to descend to 7000 ft with a 160 degree heading. 6000 ft was set in altitude alerter and a 170 degree heading was flown. The 6 and 7 numbers of the instructions were reversed. We had visual contact with a departing aircraft climbing to 6000 ft. The TCASII alerted us to excessive closure rate and we climbed to 7000 ft when the RA alert went off. We had the aircraft in sight at all times. We must pay close attention to heading and altitude numbers when they are close, ie, heading 160 degrees, descend to 15000 ft, etc.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CREW HAD ALT OVERSHOOT WHICH RESULTED IN A TCASII RA.

Narrative: WHILE DSNDING FOR ARR INTO CLEVELAND, WE WERE CLRED TO DSND TO 7000 FT WITH A 160 DEG HDG. 6000 FT WAS SET IN ALT ALERTER AND A 170 DEG HDG WAS FLOWN. THE 6 AND 7 NUMBERS OF THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE REVERSED. WE HAD VISUAL CONTACT WITH A DEPARTING ACFT CLBING TO 6000 FT. THE TCASII ALERTED US TO EXCESSIVE CLOSURE RATE AND WE CLBED TO 7000 FT WHEN THE RA ALERT WENT OFF. WE HAD THE ACFT IN SIGHT AT ALL TIMES. WE MUST PAY CLOSE ATTN TO HEADING AND ALT NUMBERS WHEN THEY ARE CLOSE, IE, HEADING 160 DEGS, DSND TO 15000 FT, ETC.

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.