Narrative:

After departing runway 11 at msp, climbing through 4800 ft I noticed and called nose gear unsafe light illuminated. Captain instructed me to get out my cockpit operating manual. While I was opening the manual to the procedure to handle the unsafe gear light the light went out, then all 3 gear unsafe lights came on and then went out. We were distracted from flying the aircraft. A TCASII TA for an aircraft 1800 ft above us made us realize we were climbing through 7100 ft and our clearance was to level at 7000 ft. In the leveloff we got to 7280 ft before descending back to 7000 ft. We should not have let the gear unsafe lights distract us from flying the airplane. Supplemental information from acn 371690: while the other aircraft was nearly 5 mi away and not near a near miss situation, without the TCASII it could have been one. It really reminds one that one pilot must stay situationally aware at all times, fly the aircraft first.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 FLC OVERSHOT THEIR ALT WHEN DISTRACTED BY THE LNDG GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS BEING ILLUMINATED.

Narrative: AFTER DEPARTING RWY 11 AT MSP, CLBING THROUGH 4800 FT I NOTICED AND CALLED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CAPT INSTRUCTED ME TO GET OUT MY COCKPIT OPERATING MANUAL. WHILE I WAS OPENING THE MANUAL TO THE PROC TO HANDLE THE UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT THE LIGHT WENT OUT, THEN ALL 3 GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THEN WENT OUT. WE WERE DISTRACTED FROM FLYING THE ACFT. A TCASII TA FOR AN ACFT 1800 FT ABOVE US MADE US REALIZE WE WERE CLBING THROUGH 7100 FT AND OUR CLRNC WAS TO LEVEL AT 7000 FT. IN THE LEVELOFF WE GOT TO 7280 FT BEFORE DSNDING BACK TO 7000 FT. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE LET THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHTS DISTRACT US FROM FLYING THE AIRPLANE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 371690: WHILE THE OTHER ACFT WAS NEARLY 5 MI AWAY AND NOT NEAR A NEAR MISS SIT, WITHOUT THE TCASII IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE. IT REALLY REMINDS ONE THAT ONE PLT MUST STAY SITUATIONALLY AWARE AT ALL TIMES, FLY THE ACFT FIRST.

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.