Deviating WX, flight crew overshot assigned altitude.

Attributes
ACN	484409
Time
Date	200009
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 17000 msl bound upper : 17500
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : worth 5.ttt
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	484409
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During climb out while deviating around WX, overshot assigned altitude by 500 ft. Quickly returned to 17000 ft. No reports from ATC as to any conflicts or problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DEVIATING WX, FLC OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT.

Narrative: DURING CLBOUT WHILE DEVIATING AROUND WX, OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT BY 500 FT. QUICKLY RETURNED TO 17000 FT. NO RPTS FROM ATC AS TO ANY CONFLICTS OR PROBS.

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.