Crj-900 first officer reported the pilot flying exceeded 250 kts below 10;000 ft. On departure when ...

Narrative:

The captain was the PF (pilot flying) and I was pm (pilot monitoring) on this particular leg. On climb out on our 4th leg of the day (5 total); we were given runway heading and 8;000 ft. Out of ZZZ. We contacted departure and were then assigned 10;000 ft. And a left hand turn. In the left hand turn; the controller told us about traffic that would be at 1 o'clock and above us. Then they instructed us to level at 8;000 ft. The PF put in the new altitude and it was verified by both of us. I was looking for traffic; called it out to the PF; and when I looked back inside the aircraft at the pfd to regain my situational awareness of the aircraft I saw that we were at 265 kts. And the speed was increasing. I called out the deviation. The PF threw out the spoilers and reduced power. The speed was brought back under control. Shorty after the speed was brought back; we caught one strong bump of wake turbulence. We continued the flight was continued without incident. [Cause was] lack of attention to aircraft situational awareness is a busy flight environment. It's imperative to know the aircraft state at all times. While trying to find the traffic I took my eyes off the mfd/pfd. While the traffic was a threat; the lack of situational awareness was too.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-900 First Officer reported the pilot flying exceeded 250 kts below 10;000 ft. on departure when he was distracted looking for traffic.

Narrative: The Captain was the PF (Pilot Flying) and I was PM (Pilot Monitoring) on this particular leg. On climb out on our 4th leg of the day (5 total); we were given runway heading and 8;000 ft. out of ZZZ. We contacted departure and were then assigned 10;000 ft. and a left hand turn. In the left hand turn; the Controller told us about traffic that would be at 1 o'clock and above us. Then they instructed us to level at 8;000 ft. The PF put in the new altitude and it was verified by both of us. I was looking for traffic; called it out to the PF; and when I looked back inside the aircraft at the PFD to regain my situational awareness of the aircraft I saw that we were at 265 kts. and the speed was increasing. I called out the deviation. The PF threw out the spoilers and reduced power. The speed was brought back under control. Shorty after the speed was brought back; we caught one strong bump of wake turbulence. We continued the flight was continued without incident. [Cause was] Lack of attention to aircraft situational awareness is a busy flight environment. It's imperative to know the aircraft state at all times. While trying to find the traffic I took my eyes off the MFD/PFD. While the traffic was a threat; the lack of situational awareness was too.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1752477
Time
Date	202007
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Speed All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Crj-900 first officer reported the pilot flying exceeded 250 kts below 10;000 ft. On departure when he was distracted looking for traffic.