Medium large transport crew had altitude overshoot on climb out from lax.

Attributes
ACN	469430
Time
Date	200004
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
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 : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000
ASRS Report	469430
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : altitude alert other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Lax tower gave us an altitude of 3000 ft. We overshot 3000 ft and when warning horn sounded, began a descent back to 3000 ft. Controller then asked our altitude and when we replied we were descending back to 3000 ft, he cleared us to 5000 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG CREW HAD ALT OVERSHOOT ON CLBOUT FROM LAX.

Narrative: LAX TWR GAVE US AN ALT OF 3000 FT. WE OVERSHOT 3000 FT AND WHEN WARNING HORN SOUNDED, BEGAN A DSCNT BACK TO 3000 FT. CTLR THEN ASKED OUR ALT AND WHEN WE REPLIED WE WERE DSNDING BACK TO 3000 FT, HE CLRED US TO 5000 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.