B737-700 flight crew reported overshooting their assigned altitude after troubleshooting sluggish an...

Attributes
ACN	1513614
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aileron Control System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 199
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Altitude Overshoot

Narrative:

Climbing out on the departure; the first officer (first officer) was flying. The aircraft flight controls felt sluggish; aircraft did not seem to respond to roll control inputs normally. I asked the captain if he would take control and see what he thought; captain took control of aircraft and agreed with me.he decided to hand fly it for a bit. We leveled at 10;000 ft; and he called for climb check; aircraft started to accelerate at 10;000 ft while I started reading climb check. ATC said to maintain 10;000 ft; I looked and noticed the altitude read 10;300 ft. We got back to 10;000 ft.it seemed that as power was added; the aircraft started a slight climb; but we were distracted by the checklist and did not notice it right away.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 flight crew reported overshooting their assigned altitude after troubleshooting sluggish and sloppy control sensations.

Narrative: Climbing out on the Departure; the FO (First Officer) was flying. The aircraft flight controls felt sluggish; aircraft did not seem to respond to roll control inputs normally. I asked the Captain if he would take control and see what he thought; Captain took control of aircraft and agreed with me.He decided to hand fly it for a bit. We leveled at 10;000 ft; and he called for Climb Check; aircraft started to accelerate at 10;000 ft while I started reading Climb Check. ATC said to maintain 10;000 ft; I looked and noticed the altitude read 10;300 ft. We got back to 10;000 ft.It seemed that as power was added; the aircraft started a slight climb; but we were distracted by the checklist and did not notice it right away.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.