Large transport flight crew has TCASII RA. Distraction causes altitude overshoot.

Attributes
ACN	246833
Time
Date	199307
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9000 msl bound upper : 9500
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dca
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	246833
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 8000
ASRS Report	246832
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While in climb, TCASII sounded a TA. Pilots diverted attention from instruments to visually locate traffic. Diversion of scan from instruments resulted in 500 ft overshoot of assigned altitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT FLC HAS TCASII RA. DISTR CAUSES ALT OVERSHOOT.

Narrative: WHILE IN CLB, TCASII SOUNDED A TA. PLTS DIVERTED ATTN FROM INSTS TO VISUALLY LOCATE TFC. DIVERSION OF SCAN FROM INSTS RESULTED IN 500 FT OVERSHOOT OF ASSIGNED ALT.

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.