Air taxi on grand canyon tour flight overshot assigned altitude in climb.

Attributes
ACN	188738
Time
Date	199109
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5500 msl bound upper : 5900
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : las
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 290 flight time total : 1615 flight time type : 1198
ASRS Report	188738
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

ATC told us to climb and maintain 5500. We were light with only 5 passengers and were climbing at 110 KTS. Captain called '500 to go' as we were climbing through 5000. We were doing the after takeoff checklist and looking for traffic (and playing the tour tape) when the captain noticed our climb through 5900. ATC called at that point and we descended immediately back to 5500. ATC called traffic medium large transport at 3 O'clock, 2 mi. We did not ever see the traffic. ATC then asked us to call them at gcn, which we did.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIR TAXI ON GRAND CANYON TOUR FLT OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT IN CLB.

Narrative: ATC TOLD US TO CLB AND MAINTAIN 5500. WE WERE LIGHT WITH ONLY 5 PAXS AND WERE CLBING AT 110 KTS. CAPT CALLED '500 TO GO' AS WE WERE CLBING THROUGH 5000. WE WERE DOING THE AFTER TKOF CHKLIST AND LOOKING FOR TFC (AND PLAYING THE TOUR TAPE) WHEN THE CAPT NOTICED OUR CLB THROUGH 5900. ATC CALLED AT THAT POINT AND WE DSNDED IMMEDIATELY BACK TO 5500. ATC CALLED TFC MLG AT 3 O'CLOCK, 2 MI. WE DID NOT EVER SEE THE TFC. ATC THEN ASKED US TO CALL THEM AT GCN, WHICH WE DID.

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.