A regional jet flight crew climbed above the assigned altitude departing abe.

Attributes
ACN	451050
Time
Date	199910
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : abe.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	451050
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Abe departure told us to climb to 8000 ft. We went through the assigned altitude to 8600 ft. Departure told us to maintain 8000 ft and we descended back down to 8000 ft. The first officer was flying and I was performing after takeoff checklist. Contributing factors were the first officer's lack of experience in the aircraft (less than 70 hours), turbulence as we entered the broken layer of clouds and workload at the time of the leveloff. There was no traffic conflict.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A REGIONAL JET FLC CLBED ABOVE THE ASSIGNED ALT DEPARTING ABE.

Narrative: ABE DEP TOLD US TO CLB TO 8000 FT. WE WENT THROUGH THE ASSIGNED ALT TO 8600 FT. DEP TOLD US TO MAINTAIN 8000 FT AND WE DSNDED BACK DOWN TO 8000 FT. THE FO WAS FLYING AND I WAS PERFORMING AFTER TKOF CHKLIST. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE FO'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE ACFT (LESS THAN 70 HRS), TURB AS WE ENTERED THE BROKEN LAYER OF CLOUDS AND WORKLOAD AT THE TIME OF THE LEVELOFF. THERE WAS NO TFC CONFLICT.

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.