Air carrier has TCASII alert on climb, so loud it almost blocks ATC instructions to level off.

Attributes
ACN	179633
Time
Date	199105
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : orl
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mco
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 7500
ASRS Report	179631
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During climb out of mco, ATC told us to level off because of conflicting traffic. TCAS gave us a TA at the same time. The TCAS TA was so loud that we almost missed ATC's instructions to avoid the traffic. Turn down the vol on TCAS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HAS TCASII ALERT ON CLIMB, SO LOUD IT ALMOST BLOCKS ATC INSTRUCTIONS TO LEVEL OFF.

Narrative: DURING CLB OUT OF MCO, ATC TOLD US TO LEVEL OFF BECAUSE OF CONFLICTING TFC. TCAS GAVE US A TA AT THE SAME TIME. THE TCAS TA WAS SO LOUD THAT WE ALMOST MISSED ATC'S INSTRUCTIONS TO AVOID THE TFC. TURN DOWN THE VOL ON TCAS.

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.