B737NG flight crew reported overshooting their cleared altitude departing ewr after encountering wak...

Attributes
ACN	1653031
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 201.03 Flight Crew Type 9839.83
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 175.57 Flight Crew Type 3858.92
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

Taking off out of ewr on [runway] 4L; given a level off at 4;000 feet. Encountered wake turbulence at 3;500 feet; went through our altitude of 4;000 feet to 4;600 feet before recovering back down to 4;000 feet. Notified ATC [of the] altitude deviation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737NG flight crew reported overshooting their cleared altitude departing EWR after encountering wake turbulence.

Narrative: Taking off out of EWR on [Runway] 4L; given a level off at 4;000 feet. Encountered wake turbulence at 3;500 feet; went through our altitude of 4;000 feet to 4;600 feet before recovering back down to 4;000 feet. Notified ATC [of the] altitude deviation.

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.

B737NG flight crew reported overshooting their cleared altitude departing ewr after encountering wake turbulence.