The reporter, while socializing with a company pilot on the company frequency, climbed through his assigned altitude of 9000 ft before ATC alerted him to his altitude deviation. The reporter immediately descended back to his assigned altitude.

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Attributes
ACN	327810
Time
Date	199602
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lrd
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9000 msl bound upper : 9500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Caravan 1 208A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 1300
ASRS Report	327810
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On climb out flying a SID out of laredo, tx, I was assigned a final altitude of 9000 ft. I became distracted while talking with another pilot on company frequency. I climbed through my assigned altitude and did not become aware that I had climbed through my altitude until advised by ZHU. The deviation was 500 ft and was resolved immediately.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE RPTR, WHILE SOCIALIZING WITH A COMPANY PLT ON THE COMPANY FREQ, CLBED THROUGH HIS ASSIGNED ALT OF 9000 FT BEFORE ATC ALERTED HIM TO HIS ALTDEV. THE RPTR IMMEDIATELY DSNDED BACK TO HIS ASSIGNED ALT.

Narrative: ON CLBOUT FLYING A SID OUT OF LAREDO, TX, I WAS ASSIGNED A FINAL ALT OF 9000 FT. I BECAME DISTRACTED WHILE TALKING WITH ANOTHER PLT ON COMPANY FREQ. I CLBED THROUGH MY ASSIGNED ALT AND DID NOT BECOME AWARE THAT I HAD CLBED THROUGH MY ALT UNTIL ADVISED BY ZHU. THE DEV WAS 500 FT AND WAS RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY.

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.