Altitude overshoot near toronto, on.

Attributes
ACN	484213
Time
Date	200009
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : yyz.vor
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 7250
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
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 vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4750 flight time type : 2250
ASRS Report	484213
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4770 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	484210
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While climbing out of yyz with clearance to 7000 ft, ATC advised that we could 'disregard speed restr,' as we were climbing through approximately 6000 ft. The first officer and I were somewhat distracted by this comment because the only speed restr we were aware of was the normal 250 KTS below 10000 ft. Shortly after, we realized that we had climbed through 7000 ft and immediately leveled off and returned to 7000 ft. ATC asked about our altitude as we were returning to 7000 ft and I responded that we were leveling at 7000 ft and had temporarily reached approximately 7250 ft. I asked if we had created a problem and ATC responded that we had not. In reflecting on this event with the first officer, we felt that the clearance to 'disregard speed restr' and our association of this normally being tied to 10000 ft had distracted us and led to this altitude deviation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALT OVERSHOOT NEAR TORONTO, ON.

Narrative: WHILE CLBING OUT OF YYZ WITH CLRNC TO 7000 FT, ATC ADVISED THAT WE COULD 'DISREGARD SPD RESTR,' AS WE WERE CLBING THROUGH APPROX 6000 FT. THE FO AND I WERE SOMEWHAT DISTRACTED BY THIS COMMENT BECAUSE THE ONLY SPD RESTR WE WERE AWARE OF WAS THE NORMAL 250 KTS BELOW 10000 FT. SHORTLY AFTER, WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD CLBED THROUGH 7000 FT AND IMMEDIATELY LEVELED OFF AND RETURNED TO 7000 FT. ATC ASKED ABOUT OUR ALT AS WE WERE RETURNING TO 7000 FT AND I RESPONDED THAT WE WERE LEVELING AT 7000 FT AND HAD TEMPORARILY REACHED APPROX 7250 FT. I ASKED IF WE HAD CREATED A PROB AND ATC RESPONDED THAT WE HAD NOT. IN REFLECTING ON THIS EVENT WITH THE FO, WE FELT THAT THE CLRNC TO 'DISREGARD SPD RESTR' AND OUR ASSOCIATION OF THIS NORMALLY BEING TIED TO 10000 FT HAD DISTRACTED US AND LED TO THIS ALTDEV.

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.