Narrative:

A military demonstration team was having a practice session at fairchild AFB, just east of the spokane departure path, causing departure delays. Once airborne, we were given several turns and altitude changes for traffic. We were given a climb to 5000 ft and fly heading to join an airway and advised of a VFR cherokee at 10-11 O'clock, low. The airway given by ATC was not known to either cockpit crew member. The first officer started searching the charts. I was outside looking for the traffic. At that moment, I got the altitude alert horn (overshoot) and began to correct toward 5000 ft. The controller noted the altitude excursion and told us to maintain 5000 ft. As I was pushing over to correct the altitude I asked for a repeat of the airway number to join. As I was speaking and descending, the TCASII gave an RA to climb. I was able to visually acquire the traffic and leveled at 5000 ft. Overshoot was 300-400 ft. A new heading was given to join the filed airway. Rest of the flight normal. A phone call to spokane ATC confirmed there was no traffic conflict as a result of our overshoot and no violation would be filed. The use of the autoplt in this unusual (for spokane) set of conditions would have eliminated the problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN ACR MLG OVERSHOT CLB ALT ON DEP DUE TO BECOMING DISTR BY TFC WATCH. DEP CTLR ALSO NOTICED THE OVERSHOOT AS THE CAPT WAS CORRECTING BACK TO ASSIGNED ALT. WHILE CORRECTING BACK, TCASII RA COMMANDED CLB, BUT THE CAPT SIGHTED THE TFC AND CONTINUED TO LEVEL.

Narrative: A MIL DEMONSTRATION TEAM WAS HAVING A PRACTICE SESSION AT FAIRCHILD AFB, JUST E OF THE SPOKANE DEP PATH, CAUSING DEP DELAYS. ONCE AIRBORNE, WE WERE GIVEN SEVERAL TURNS AND ALT CHANGES FOR TFC. WE WERE GIVEN A CLB TO 5000 FT AND FLY HDG TO JOIN AN AIRWAY AND ADVISED OF A VFR CHEROKEE AT 10-11 O'CLOCK, LOW. THE AIRWAY GIVEN BY ATC WAS NOT KNOWN TO EITHER COCKPIT CREW MEMBER. THE FO STARTED SEARCHING THE CHARTS. I WAS OUTSIDE LOOKING FOR THE TFC. AT THAT MOMENT, I GOT THE ALT ALERT HORN (OVERSHOOT) AND BEGAN TO CORRECT TOWARD 5000 FT. THE CTLR NOTED THE ALT EXCURSION AND TOLD US TO MAINTAIN 5000 FT. AS I WAS PUSHING OVER TO CORRECT THE ALT I ASKED FOR A REPEAT OF THE AIRWAY NUMBER TO JOIN. AS I WAS SPEAKING AND DSNDING, THE TCASII GAVE AN RA TO CLB. I WAS ABLE TO VISUALLY ACQUIRE THE TFC AND LEVELED AT 5000 FT. OVERSHOOT WAS 300-400 FT. A NEW HDG WAS GIVEN TO JOIN THE FILED AIRWAY. REST OF THE FLT NORMAL. A PHONE CALL TO SPOKANE ATC CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO TFC CONFLICT AS A RESULT OF OUR OVERSHOOT AND NO VIOLATION WOULD BE FILED. THE USE OF THE AUTOPLT IN THIS UNUSUAL (FOR SPOKANE) SET OF CONDITIONS WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED THE PROB.

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.