First officer of an embraer, EMB145, overshot intermediate climb altitude due to severe updraft.

Attributes
ACN	492500
Time
Date	200011
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5650
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : c90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 81 flight time total : 2930 flight time type : 109
ASRS Report	492500
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : altimeter other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude flight crew : exited adverse environment
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was flying. We were cleared to 5000 ft (initial). I entered the clouds at 3500 ft and found it to be very choppy. As I noticed a large airspeed increase, I did not immediately notice that our climb increased. As I began to level off, we continued through 5000 ft to around 5650 ft. I immediately took corrective action and returned to 5000 ft. We informed the controller that we had entered an updraft. TCASII alerted once due to the large number of aircraft and the increased rate of climb.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF AN EMBRAER, EMB145, OVERSHOT INTERMEDIATE CLB ALT DUE TO SEVERE UPDRAFT.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING. WE WERE CLRED TO 5000 FT (INITIAL). I ENTERED THE CLOUDS AT 3500 FT AND FOUND IT TO BE VERY CHOPPY. AS I NOTICED A LARGE AIRSPD INCREASE, I DID NOT IMMEDIATELY NOTICE THAT OUR CLB INCREASED. AS I BEGAN TO LEVEL OFF, WE CONTINUED THROUGH 5000 FT TO AROUND 5650 FT. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK CORRECTIVE ACTION AND RETURNED TO 5000 FT. WE INFORMED THE CTLR THAT WE HAD ENTERED AN UPDRAFT. TCASII ALERTED ONCE DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF ACFT AND THE INCREASED RATE OF CLB.

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.