Late ATC clearance to level and aircraft climbed through new assigned altitude by 300 ft.

Attributes
ACN	329590
Time
Date	199603
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : aml
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 21000 msl bound upper : 21400
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	329590
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	329589
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Location, 15 mi east of armel VOR climbing to FL230. At 22700 ft ATC advised us to level at FL210. Was in performance, hit altitude hold and stopped climb at 21400 ft. Informed ATC while returning to FL210. ATC said that it was no problem and that they would sort it out.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LATE ATC CLRNC TO LEVEL AND ACFT CLBED THROUGH NEW ASSIGNED ALT BY 300 FT.

Narrative: LOCATION, 15 MI E OF ARMEL VOR CLBING TO FL230. AT 22700 FT ATC ADVISED US TO LEVEL AT FL210. WAS IN PERFORMANCE, HIT ALT HOLD AND STOPPED CLB AT 21400 FT. INFORMED ATC WHILE RETURNING TO FL210. ATC SAID THAT IT WAS NO PROB AND THAT THEY WOULD SORT IT OUT.

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.