Altitude deviation on departure msy of 1000 ft.

Attributes
ACN	457280
Time
Date	199912
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msy.airport
State Reference	LA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 7000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : vacating altitude
Route In Use	departure : other published ifr departure
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 1600
ASRS Report	457280
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : altimeter other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	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:

Altitude deviation. Cleared to climb and maintain 6000 ft MSL. Passed it and climbed to 7000 ft MSL. ATC asked, I returned to 6000 ft. No traffic conflict. Always pay attention to altitude assigned. But missed it anyway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALTDEV ON DEP MSY OF 1000 FT.

Narrative: ALTDEV. CLRED TO CLB AND MAINTAIN 6000 FT MSL. PASSED IT AND CLBED TO 7000 FT MSL. ATC ASKED, I RETURNED TO 6000 FT. NO TFC CONFLICT. ALWAYS PAY ATTN TO ALT ASSIGNED. BUT MISSED IT ANYWAY.

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.