Flight crew of a B727 overshot initial intermediate altitude during departure climb.

Attributes
ACN	461060
Time
Date	200001
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atw.airport
State Reference	WI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : grb.tracon tower : lax.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	461060
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : altimeter other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Clearance to 3000 ft on takeoff. Flew through 3000 ft to 3800 ft due to distraction. Returned rapidly to 3000 ft. Controller questioned altitude. We informed him that we had the situation under control. Nothing more was said. No other aircraft were noted in the vicinity.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A B727 OVERSHOT INITIAL INTERMEDIATE ALT DURING DEP CLB.

Narrative: CLRNC TO 3000 FT ON TKOF. FLEW THROUGH 3000 FT TO 3800 FT DUE TO DISTR. RETURNED RAPIDLY TO 3000 FT. CTLR QUESTIONED ALT. WE INFORMED HIM THAT WE HAD THE SIT UNDER CTL. NOTHING MORE WAS SAID. NO OTHER ACFT WERE NOTED IN THE VICINITY.

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.