Captain of a lear jet, LR25, overshot initial departure altitude during an IFR departure from an uncontrolled airport due to distraction from VFR traffic watch.

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Attributes
ACN	429460
Time
Date	199902
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mgy.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : day.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Learjet 25
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 119
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : other published ifr departure
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 8800 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	429460
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On departing runway 20 initial assigned altitude was 3000 ft. With quite a lot of traffic in pattern and clear VFR WX, missed leveling off at 3000 ft by 500 ft. All my attention was outside aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF A LEAR JET, LR25, OVERSHOT INITIAL DEP ALT DURING AN IFR DEP FROM AN UNCTLED ARPT DUE TO DISTR FROM VFR TFC WATCH.

Narrative: ON DEPARTING RWY 20 INITIAL ASSIGNED ALT WAS 3000 FT. WITH QUITE A LOT OF TFC IN PATTERN AND CLR VFR WX, MISSED LEVELING OFF AT 3000 FT BY 500 FT. ALL MY ATTN WAS OUTSIDE ACFT.

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.