Narrative:

Sea 070 degree radial, 10 DME. Departed sea on mountain 4 departure. After clearance to 9000 ft, passing 7000 ft we noticed traffic ahead near our altitude that we couldn't find on TCASII. While looking at TCASII for that traffic, we flew through 9000 ft to 9500 ft. Descended immediately, discussed the situation with sea approach. No conflicts were indicated. This incident, while entirely our fault for not watching the leveloff, points out again the need for an aural tone to warn us of approaching leveloffs. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter states that the S80 aircraft as ordered from the manufacturer contains a visual but does not contain an aural warning when approaching a leveloff altitude.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S80 ALT BUST SEA.

Narrative: SEA 070 DEG RADIAL, 10 DME. DEPARTED SEA ON MOUNTAIN 4 DEP. AFTER CLRNC TO 9000 FT, PASSING 7000 FT WE NOTICED TFC AHEAD NEAR OUR ALT THAT WE COULDN'T FIND ON TCASII. WHILE LOOKING AT TCASII FOR THAT TFC, WE FLEW THROUGH 9000 FT TO 9500 FT. DSNDED IMMEDIATELY, DISCUSSED THE SIT WITH SEA APCH. NO CONFLICTS WERE INDICATED. THIS INCIDENT, WHILE ENTIRELY OUR FAULT FOR NOT WATCHING THE LEVELOFF, POINTS OUT AGAIN THE NEED FOR AN AURAL TONE TO WARN US OF APCHING LEVELOFFS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATES THAT THE S80 ACFT AS ORDERED FROM THE MANUFACTURER CONTAINS A VISUAL BUT DOES NOT CONTAIN AN AURAL WARNING WHEN APCHING A LEVELOFF ALT.

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.