B757-200 flight crew responded appropriately to a TCAS RA.

Attributes
ACN	839900
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZJX.ARTCC
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict

Narrative:

ATC had issued a climb to FL220. Out of 21500 got TA. At about 21800 got descend RA. First officer; who was flying; followed descend RA. I advised ATC of RA and was told traffic was level at FL230. Got clear of conflict command at 21500. Returned to FL220. We were IMC the whole time and never saw traffic. Only 1000 feet vertical separation and aircraft was climbing at a high rate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 flight crew responded appropriately to a TCAS RA.

Narrative: ATC had issued a climb to FL220. Out of 21500 got TA. At about 21800 got descend RA. First Officer; who was flying; followed descend RA. I advised ATC of RA and was told traffic was level at FL230. Got clear of conflict command at 21500. Returned to FL220. We were IMC the whole time and never saw traffic. Only 1000 feet vertical separation and aircraft was climbing at a high rate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.