B737 at FL350 near bam received a TCASII RA alert requiring climb.

Attributes
ACN	626945
Time
Date	200408
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
State Reference	NV
Altitude	msl single value : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zoa.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zoa.artcc
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 9650 flight time type : 510
ASRS Report	626575
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	626945
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar/mode c aircraft equipment : tcas other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3000 vertical : 1000
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error Inter Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

At assigned altitude of FL350 TCASII RA occurred. Commenced immediate climb and informed ATC. Saw airplane pass underneath from right to left. Continued climb to FL370 as assigned. Clearly ATC error (ZOA).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 AT FL350 NEAR BAM RECEIVED A TCASII RA ALERT REQUIRING CLB.

Narrative: AT ASSIGNED ALT OF FL350 TCASII RA OCCURRED. COMMENCED IMMEDIATE CLB AND INFORMED ATC. SAW AIRPLANE PASS UNDERNEATH FROM R TO L. CONTINUED CLB TO FL370 AS ASSIGNED. CLRLY ATC ERROR (ZOA).

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.