Emb flight crew reported overshooting a cleared altitude after encountering wake turbulence on arriv...

Attributes
ACN	1644489
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	D10.TRACON
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Embraer Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Descent
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

As we were cleared to descend to 3000 ft into dfw we encountered moderate wake turbulence around 7500 ft that forced to use tcs [touch control steering] to maintain control of the aircraft. We were giving clearance to level off at 6000 ft and turn to the left. As we were busy maintaining control of the aircraft we forgot to set 6000 ft in the altitude selection and ended up noticing it at 5400 ft. We checked with approach and were told that we were supposed [to] level at 6000 ft but now level at 5000 ft. After we landed we called ATC to make sure everything was fine and was told it was a nonevent and we shouldn't worry about it. During a high work load of trying to maintain a positive control on the aircraft; we failed to comply with ATC instructions but tried our best to maintain aircraft control. Always cross check and verbalize that the flight crew is following the proper ATC instructions and if any doubt always double check with ATC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB flight crew reported overshooting a cleared altitude after encountering wake turbulence on arrival into DFW.

Narrative: As we were cleared to descend to 3000 ft into DFW we encountered moderate wake turbulence around 7500 ft that forced to use TCS [Touch Control Steering] to maintain control of the aircraft. We were giving clearance to level off at 6000 ft and turn to the left. As we were busy maintaining control of the aircraft we forgot to set 6000 ft in the altitude selection and ended up noticing it at 5400 ft. We checked with Approach and were told that we were supposed [to] level at 6000 ft but now level at 5000 ft. After we landed we called ATC to make sure everything was fine and was told it was a nonevent and we shouldn't worry about it. During a high work load of trying to maintain a positive control on the aircraft; we failed to comply with ATC instructions but tried our best to maintain aircraft control. Always cross check and verbalize that the flight crew is following the proper ATC instructions and if any doubt always double check with ATC.

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.

Emb flight crew reported overshooting a cleared altitude after encountering wake turbulence on arrival into dfw.