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Flight crew of a B727 air carrier aircraft climbed above assigned cruise altitude in response to a TCASII RA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 260741 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199401 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ilm |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 23000 msl bound upper : 23500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc tower : bos |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 260741 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
An aircraft was cleared to 1000 ft beneath us. Our TCASII showed RA to climb command. We responded, and climbed to FL235. TCASII said ok. Notified controller.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B727 ACR ACFT CLBED ABOVE ASSIGNED CRUISE ALT IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII RA.
Narrative: AN ACFT WAS CLRED TO 1000 FT BENEATH US. OUR TCASII SHOWED RA TO CLB COMMAND. WE RESPONDED, AND CLBED TO FL235. TCASII SAID OK. NOTIFIED CTLR.
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.