Flight crew climbed above assigned altitude in response to a TCASII RA.

Attributes
ACN	320082
Time
Date	199511
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw tower : elp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	320082
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure 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 flight crew : took evasive action other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 12000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Flight departed dfw runway 35L, eastbound departure, initial altitude 10000 ft. First officer flying. Leveled off at 10000 ft, increase airspeed to 340 KTS (climb speed) in anticipation of climb clearance. Departure gave right turn to 080 degrees, and maintain 10000 ft. Autoplt engaged. Dfw departure communicating with jets regarding altitude and traffic. Flight given turn to 130 degrees to intercept departure radial. In turn noted traffic co-altitude on TCASII. Much communication on frequency, again, traffic. TCASII alert and subsequent RA to climb. First officer disengaged autoplt and followed TCASII commands. Shortly after climb began (within 500 ft) departure in anticipation of climb called traffic 12 O'clock, climb to 17000 ft. Captain radioed response to RA, and acknowledged climbing to 17000 ft. Traffic also responded to RA (descend) and was acknowledged. Personal observation: dfw controller distracted by conflict and radio communications, missed upcoming conflict and delayed climb for flight, occurred at XA05Z, 10000 ft, night, MVFR.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC CLBED ABOVE ASSIGNED ALT IN RESPONSE TO A TCASII RA.

Narrative: FLT DEPARTED DFW RWY 35L, EBOUND DEP, INITIAL ALT 10000 FT. FO FLYING. LEVELED OFF AT 10000 FT, INCREASE AIRSPD TO 340 KTS (CLB SPD) IN ANTICIPATION OF CLB CLRNC. DEP GAVE R TURN TO 080 DEGS, AND MAINTAIN 10000 FT. AUTOPLT ENGAGED. DFW DEP COMMUNICATING WITH JETS REGARDING ALT AND TFC. FLT GIVEN TURN TO 130 DEGS TO INTERCEPT DEP RADIAL. IN TURN NOTED TFC CO-ALT ON TCASII. MUCH COM ON FREQ, AGAIN, TFC. TCASII ALERT AND SUBSEQUENT RA TO CLB. FO DISENGAGED AUTOPLT AND FOLLOWED TCASII COMMANDS. SHORTLY AFTER CLB BEGAN (WITHIN 500 FT) DEP IN ANTICIPATION OF CLB CALLED TFC 12 O'CLOCK, CLB TO 17000 FT. CAPT RADIOED RESPONSE TO RA, AND ACKNOWLEDGED CLBING TO 17000 FT. TFC ALSO RESPONDED TO RA (DSND) AND WAS ACKNOWLEDGED. PERSONAL OBSERVATION: DFW CTLR DISTRACTED BY CONFLICT AND RADIO COMS, MISSED UPCOMING CONFLICT AND DELAYED CLB FOR FLT, OCCURRED AT XA05Z, 10000 FT, NIGHT, MVFR.

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.