Carj flight crew act on TCAS alert, stopping climb. Captain calls sct on landing to query event.

Attributes
ACN	530622
Time
Date	200111
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9000 msl bound upper : 9500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	530622
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : undershoot conflict : airborne critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : tcas other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : overrode automation
Consequence	faa : investigated faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 15000 vertical : 800
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Departed runway 24L in lax, runway heading, cleared to 9000 ft, then turned to heading 310 degree and cleared to 13000 ft. ATC then called traffic at 1 O'clock, restricted above us. We saw the B737 visually and on TCAS at 1 O'clock and plus 1000 ft. Got a TCAS RA at that time and I disconnected autoplt, reduced power and leveled at 9500 ft MSL. Controller wondered why we were climbing and we reminded him that he cleared us to 13000 ft. He said ok, and no problem, the B737 had us in sight. Called socal approach upon arrival in boi, idaho. Controller said that no problem had been created by us, but that the controller 'jumped' the arrival by climbing us and that the B737 saw us and that the controller had been talked to.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CARJ FLC ACT ON TCAS ALERT, STOPPING CLIMB. CAPT CALLS SCT ON LNDG TO QUERY EVENT.

Narrative: DEPARTED RWY 24L IN LAX, RWY HEADING, CLRED TO 9000 FT, THEN TURNED TO HEADING 310 DEG AND CLRED TO 13000 FT. ATC THEN CALLED TFC AT 1 O'CLOCK, RESTRICTED ABOVE US. WE SAW THE B737 VISUALLY AND ON TCAS AT 1 O'CLOCK AND PLUS 1000 FT. GOT A TCAS RA AT THAT TIME AND I DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT, REDUCED PWR AND LEVELED AT 9500 FT MSL. CTLR WONDERED WHY WE WERE CLBING AND WE REMINDED HIM THAT HE CLRED US TO 13000 FT. HE SAID OK, AND NO PROB, THE B737 HAD US IN SIGHT. CALLED SOCAL APCH UPON ARRIVAL IN BOI, IDAHO. CTLR SAID THAT NO PROB HAD BEEN CREATED BY US, BUT THAT THE CTLR 'JUMPED' THE ARRIVAL BY CLBING US AND THAT THE B737 SAW US AND THAT THE CTLR HAD BEEN TALKED TO.

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.