Flight crew of B737 climbed above 4000 ft prior to mares intersection per SID narrative.

Attributes
ACN	388210
Time
Date	199712
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : miq airport : ccs
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ccs tracon : nmm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	388210
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Clearance read back climb to FL310, via mares departure. Mares departure states climb to 4000 ft but does not include the word 'maintain.' we climbed towards FL310 when departure called and reminded us mares means 4000 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF B737 CLBED ABOVE 4000 FT PRIOR TO MARES INTXN PER SID NARRATIVE.

Narrative: CLRNC READ BACK CLB TO FL310, VIA MARES DEP. MARES DEP STATES CLB TO 4000 FT BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WORD 'MAINTAIN.' WE CLBED TOWARDS FL310 WHEN DEP CALLED AND REMINDED US MARES MEANS 4000 FT.

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.