Airbus A300 flight crew has a TCAS RA departure ont.

Attributes
ACN	721443
Time
Date	200612
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ont.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : pom
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	721443
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 1050
ASRS Report	721446
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : tcas other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 6000 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After takeoff; tower switched flight to socal departure and departure told us to level at 4000 ft due to VFR traffic at 4500 ft. Aircraft leveled at 4000 ft and started to accelerate to 250 KTS. Crew acquired visual on cessna aircraft at 4500 ft. Departure gave a clearance to climb to 14000 ft and comply with SID altitude restrs. First officer did not hear clearance clearly and asked for confirmation and controller gave climb to 14000 ft and disregard altitude restrs and cleared us direct to pom VOR. Aircraft had started a shallow right turn to intercept the pom 114 degree radial and pilot monitoring did not redirect FMS to direct pom because aircraft was turning and we had visual on traffic. The traffic was flying south and although it was closer than normal; it was not going to be a factor. Once our aircraft started to climb to 14000 ft the TCAS RA warning was activated and commanded a vertical speed climb. The aircraft was already in the vertical speed green band while on the autoplt and profile mode. The good news in this TCAS event was the crew had a visual on the traffic and was confident throughout the episode that the traffic was not going to create a near miss situation. I believe that if the controller had allowed us to climb to 7000 ft after takeoff; we would have avoided any TCAS conflict with the VFR traffic at 4500 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIRBUS A300 FLT CREW HAS A TCAS RA DEP ONT.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF; TWR SWITCHED FLT TO SOCAL DEP AND DEP TOLD US TO LEVEL AT 4000 FT DUE TO VFR TFC AT 4500 FT. ACFT LEVELED AT 4000 FT AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO 250 KTS. CREW ACQUIRED VISUAL ON CESSNA ACFT AT 4500 FT. DEP GAVE A CLRNC TO CLB TO 14000 FT AND COMPLY WITH SID ALT RESTRS. FO DID NOT HEAR CLRNC CLRLY AND ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION AND CTLR GAVE CLB TO 14000 FT AND DISREGARD ALT RESTRS AND CLRED US DIRECT TO POM VOR. ACFT HAD STARTED A SHALLOW R TURN TO INTERCEPT THE POM 114 DEG RADIAL AND PLT MONITORING DID NOT REDIRECT FMS TO DIRECT POM BECAUSE ACFT WAS TURNING AND WE HAD VISUAL ON TFC. THE TFC WAS FLYING S AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS CLOSER THAN NORMAL; IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE A FACTOR. ONCE OUR ACFT STARTED TO CLB TO 14000 FT THE TCAS RA WARNING WAS ACTIVATED AND COMMANDED A VERT SPD CLB. THE ACFT WAS ALREADY IN THE VERT SPD GREEN BAND WHILE ON THE AUTOPLT AND PROFILE MODE. THE GOOD NEWS IN THIS TCAS EVENT WAS THE CREW HAD A VISUAL ON THE TFC AND WAS CONFIDENT THROUGHOUT THE EPISODE THAT THE TFC WAS NOT GOING TO CREATE A NEAR MISS SITUATION. I BELIEVE THAT IF THE CTLR HAD ALLOWED US TO CLB TO 7000 FT AFTER TKOF; WE WOULD HAVE AVOIDED ANY TCAS CONFLICT WITH THE VFR TFC AT 4500 FT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.