Flight crew inadvertently climbed through assigned altitude by 300 ft and altitude alerter sounded.

Attributes
ACN	293969
Time
Date	199501
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : syr
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 28000 msl bound upper : 28300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zbw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	293969
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 11000
ASRS Report	293970
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Had only partial lighting on the panel. Altimeter light was out. Started leveloff at FL279 and leveled off at FL283 then back down to FL280 setting off altitude alerter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC INADVERTENTLY CLBED THROUGH ASSIGNED ALT BY 300 FT AND ALT ALERTER SOUNDED.

Narrative: HAD ONLY PARTIAL LIGHTING ON THE PANEL. ALTIMETER LIGHT WAS OUT. STARTED LEVELOFF AT FL279 AND LEVELED OFF AT FL283 THEN BACK DOWN TO FL280 SETTING OFF ALT ALERTER.

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.