An MD80S crew had an altitude overshoot in dfw class east airspace.

Attributes
ACN	512600
Time
Date	200105
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : ttt.vor
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 17000 msl bound upper : 17300
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : joepool 4
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	512600
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
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:

Altitude deviation on climb out. On climb out, first officer hand flying, passed jaspa on JPOOL9, cleared to 17000 ft. Passing 15500 ft, call from flight attendant regarding ride. Departure gave traffic and frequency change. First officer missed 1000 ft prior call, head down talking with flight attendant. Passing 17200 ft, first officer noted altitude. Began correcting -- saw 17300 ft top of descent to 17000 ft. Center called us to verify altitude. Traffic northbound approximately 10 mi at FL180. No TCASII alert. ATC confirmed no problem. I briefed first officer to use autoplt for high workload times. Distraction of flight attendant call, frequency change, etc, led to altitude excursion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80S CREW HAD AN ALT OVERSHOOT IN DFW CLASS E AIRSPACE.

Narrative: ALTDEV ON CLBOUT. ON CLBOUT, FO HAND FLYING, PASSED JASPA ON JPOOL9, CLRED TO 17000 FT. PASSING 15500 FT, CALL FROM FLT ATTENDANT REGARDING RIDE. DEP GAVE TFC AND FREQ CHANGE. FO MISSED 1000 FT PRIOR CALL, HEAD DOWN TALKING WITH FLT ATTENDANT. PASSING 17200 FT, FO NOTED ALT. BEGAN CORRECTING -- SAW 17300 FT TOP OF DSCNT TO 17000 FT. CTR CALLED US TO VERIFY ALT. TFC NBOUND APPROX 10 MI AT FL180. NO TCASII ALERT. ATC CONFIRMED NO PROB. I BRIEFED FO TO USE AUTOPLT FOR HIGH WORKLOAD TIMES. DISTR OF FLT ATTENDANT CALL, FREQ CHANGE, ETC, LED TO ALT EXCURSION.

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.