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Captain of air carrier medium large transport aircraft overshot assigned climb altitude responding to a TCASII RA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 224904 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199210 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mci |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 5300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mci |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 145 flight time total : 11100 flight time type : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 224904 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 3000 vertical : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
On takeoff leg at approximately 3500 ft got a TCASII TA. Almost immediately thereafter, got RA commanding a steeper climb, simultaneously, departure control transmitted for us to level or maintain 4000 ft. RA directed 'monitor vertical speed' to increase climb rate and we passed 4500-4700 ft. We transmitted twice that we were following TCASII to avoid conflict (at approximately 4500 ft). Passing 5300 ft, TCASII gave 'clear of traffic.' subsequently found that departure control had cleared flight to descend to 3000 ft in direct conflict with our climb to 6000.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF ACR MLG ACFT OVERSHOT ASSIGNED CLB ALT RESPONDING TO A TCASII RA.
Narrative: ON TKOF LEG AT APPROX 3500 FT GOT A TCASII TA. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, GOT RA COMMANDING A STEEPER CLB, SIMULTANEOUSLY, DEP CTL XMITTED FOR US TO LEVEL OR MAINTAIN 4000 FT. RA DIRECTED 'MONITOR VERT SPD' TO INCREASE CLB RATE AND WE PASSED 4500-4700 FT. WE XMITTED TWICE THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING TCASII TO AVOID CONFLICT (AT APPROX 4500 FT). PASSING 5300 FT, TCASII GAVE 'CLR OF TFC.' SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND THAT DEP CTL HAD CLRED FLT TO DSND TO 3000 FT IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH OUR CLB TO 6000.
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.