A boeing 727 flight crew climbed above assigned altitude.

Attributes
ACN	440779
Time
Date	199906
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : emp.vortac
State Reference	KS
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33400
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	440749
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	440781
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Altitude deviation. After passing FL320 and altitude alert going off, we received new clearance. While we were locating the new fix and loading the GPS we climbed through FL330.4. We immediately descended to FL330. ZKC controller made no comment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BOEING 727 FLC CLBED ABOVE ASSIGNED ALT.

Narrative: ALTDEV. AFTER PASSING FL320 AND ALT ALERT GOING OFF, WE RECEIVED NEW CLRNC. WHILE WE WERE LOCATING THE NEW FIX AND LOADING THE GPS WE CLBED THROUGH FL330.4. WE IMMEDIATELY DSNDED TO FL330. ZKC CTLR MADE NO COMMENT.

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.