Flight crew of light transport in climb to maintain 5000' overshot and climbed to 5800'.

Attributes
ACN	135989
Time
Date	199002
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lax artcc : zau
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	departure other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	135989
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were told to climb to 5000'. Shortly thereafter we were given traffic at 10 O'clock at 6000'. While looking for the traffic, my first officer said my name. I looked down and saw we were at 5800'. At that point we were given 13000'. After acknowledging the altitude, I said we had the medium large transport in sight. Later I called lax TRACON and they said there was no problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF LTT IN CLIMB TO MAINTAIN 5000' OVERSHOT AND CLIMBED TO 5800'.

Narrative: WE WERE TOLD TO CLB TO 5000'. SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE WERE GIVEN TFC AT 10 O'CLOCK AT 6000'. WHILE LOOKING FOR THE TFC, MY F/O SAID MY NAME. I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW WE WERE AT 5800'. AT THAT POINT WE WERE GIVEN 13000'. AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING THE ALT, I SAID WE HAD THE MLG IN SIGHT. LATER I CALLED LAX TRACON AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROB.

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.