B727 crew climbed through assigned altitude.

Attributes
ACN	343900
Time
Date	199608
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dbn
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 22000 msl bound upper : 22700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 900 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	343900
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flying into sunset from sav to atl. ZTL cleared flight to FL220. At approximately FL210 center cleared flight direct to husky on sinca arrival. Captain and first officer both became involved with reprogramming omega to husky intersection. At approximately FL227 controller asked what present altitude was and cleared flight to FL230. Alert controller actions provided correct altitude. There were no traffic conflicts or other aircraft within 40 NM on our TCASII.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CREW CLBED THROUGH ASSIGNED ALT.

Narrative: FLYING INTO SUNSET FROM SAV TO ATL. ZTL CLRED FLT TO FL220. AT APPROX FL210 CTR CLRED FLT DIRECT TO HUSKY ON SINCA ARR. CAPT AND FO BOTH BECAME INVOLVED WITH REPROGRAMMING OMEGA TO HUSKY INTXN. AT APPROX FL227 CTLR ASKED WHAT PRESENT ALT WAS AND CLRED FLT TO FL230. ALERT CTLR ACTIONS PROVIDED CORRECT ALT. THERE WERE NO TFC CONFLICTS OR OTHER ACFT WITHIN 40 NM ON OUR TCASII.

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.