E175 flight crew reported failure to climb to assigned altitude when they were distracted by a wake ...

Attributes
ACN	1584444
Time
Date	201810
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DCA.Airport
State Reference	DC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Climb
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

Just after departure during aircraft cleanup; we received a complex clearance with direct-to fix; speed restriction; and altitude assignment. As I was selecting the airspeed; we encountered significant wake turbulence and I guarded the controls; subsequently missing the altitude assignment while we searched for the fix. We eventually leveled at 5000 [feet] per the SID when ATC reissued the FL190 clearance mentioning that he thought he had passed it [to us] earlier. We received vectors for the climb and continued without further incident. I should have prioritized the altitude setting and queried the controller when we reached 5000 feet since I had a feeling that we may have missed it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E175 flight crew reported failure to climb to assigned altitude when they were distracted by a wake turbulence encounter departing DCA.

Narrative: Just after departure during aircraft cleanup; we received a complex clearance with direct-to fix; speed restriction; and altitude assignment. As I was selecting the airspeed; we encountered significant wake turbulence and I guarded the controls; subsequently missing the altitude assignment while we searched for the fix. We eventually leveled at 5000 [feet] per the SID when ATC reissued the FL190 clearance mentioning that he thought he had passed it [to us] earlier. We received vectors for the climb and continued without further incident. I should have prioritized the altitude setting and queried the controller when we reached 5000 feet since I had a feeling that we may have missed it.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

E175 flight crew reported failure to climb to assigned altitude when they were distracted by a wake turbulence encounter departing dca.