Flight crew of cpr mdt misses leveloff altitude on SID and climbs above published altitude.

Attributes
ACN	386321
Time
Date	199711
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 8600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : las tower : prc
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 23 flight time total : 2600 flight time type : 23
ASRS Report	386321
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 13400 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	386444
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 18000 vertical : 600
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Received pre departure clearance via global data center with clearance altitude of 17000 ft MSL. Route was as filed. In reviewing departure SID both captain and copilot missed SID instruction for an intermediate leveloff of 7000 ft MSL until 7 DME. Leveloff information of this nature should be easier to spot (perhaps larger type). The clutter on SID made this difficult and crew wrongly interpreted 17000 ft clearance from pre departure clearance as initial climb clearance. It should also be noted that other aircraft departing before us from the same runway were given takeoff clearance by tower with instructions to maintain 7000 ft. When we were cleared for takeoff there was no mention of that altitude restr and this reinforced our belief we were cleared to 17000 ft. In our departure climb, as we were going through 8600 ft, las departure stated our altitude of 8600 ft. Las departure then pointed traffic out to us, which we had visual contact with at about 2 O'clock and 5 mi below us. We needed no action to miss traffic, nor did the other aircraft need to maneuver to steer clear of us as our courses were diverging. We did receive 1 traffic alert on our TCASII.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF CPR MDT MISSES LEVELOFF ALT ON SID AND CLBS ABOVE PUBLISHED ALT.

Narrative: RECEIVED PDC VIA GLOBAL DATA CTR WITH CLRNC ALT OF 17000 FT MSL. RTE WAS AS FILED. IN REVIEWING DEP SID BOTH CAPT AND COPLT MISSED SID INSTRUCTION FOR AN INTERMEDIATE LEVELOFF OF 7000 FT MSL UNTIL 7 DME. LEVELOFF INFO OF THIS NATURE SHOULD BE EASIER TO SPOT (PERHAPS LARGER TYPE). THE CLUTTER ON SID MADE THIS DIFFICULT AND CREW WRONGLY INTERPED 17000 FT CLRNC FROM PDC AS INITIAL CLB CLRNC. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT OTHER ACFT DEPARTING BEFORE US FROM THE SAME RWY WERE GIVEN TKOF CLRNC BY TWR WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO MAINTAIN 7000 FT. WHEN WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THAT ALT RESTR AND THIS REINFORCED OUR BELIEF WE WERE CLRED TO 17000 FT. IN OUR DEP CLB, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH 8600 FT, LAS DEP STATED OUR ALT OF 8600 FT. LAS DEP THEN POINTED TFC OUT TO US, WHICH WE HAD VISUAL CONTACT WITH AT ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK AND 5 MI BELOW US. WE NEEDED NO ACTION TO MISS TFC, NOR DID THE OTHER ACFT NEED TO MANEUVER TO STEER CLR OF US AS OUR COURSES WERE DIVERGING. WE DID RECEIVE 1 TFC ALERT ON OUR TCASII.

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.