B767 crew climbing out from madrid is asked by ATC to immediately level at FL180. The crew observed traffic pass off their right side.

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Attributes
ACN	572271
Time
Date	200301
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lecm.artcc
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 18000 msl bound upper : 18300
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : lecm.artcc tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	artcc : lecm.artcc
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	572271
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar/mode c aircraft equipment : tcas other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : separated traffic other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

While climbing through fl 178, received an unintelligible call from ATC. Immediately asked them to say again. They said to level at FL180, and a TA sounded at that moment also. We were able to stop climb at FL183 and immediately went to FL180. Traffic passes about 900 ft above us and about 5-6 mi to our right.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 CREW CLBING OUT FROM MADRID IS ASKED BY ATC TO IMMEDIATELY LEVEL AT FL180. THE CREW OBSERVED TFC PASS OFF THEIR R SIDE.

Narrative: WHILE CLBING THROUGH FL 178, RECEIVED AN UNINTELLIGIBLE CALL FROM ATC. IMMEDIATELY ASKED THEM TO SAY AGAIN. THEY SAID TO LEVEL AT FL180, AND A TA SOUNDED AT THAT MOMENT ALSO. WE WERE ABLE TO STOP CLB AT FL183 AND IMMEDIATELY WENT TO FL180. TFC PASSES ABOUT 900 FT ABOVE US AND ABOUT 5-6 MI TO OUR R.

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.