During climb, a B727 crew overshot an intermediate altitude.

Attributes
ACN	490008
Time
Date	200010
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : cap.vortac
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 23000 msl bound upper : 23300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-100
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 : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	490008
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	controller military : 18 controller non radar : 20 controller radar : 20 controller supervisory : 20 flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	490010
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On intermediate leveloff at FL230, overshot altitude by 300 ft. Immediately corrected. No conflicts. Working with ZKC on change of routing, distraction.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING CLB, A B727 CREW OVERSHOT AN INTERMEDIATE ALT.

Narrative: ON INTERMEDIATE LEVELOFF AT FL230, OVERSHOT ALT BY 300 FT. IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED. NO CONFLICTS. WORKING WITH ZKC ON CHANGE OF ROUTING, DISTR.

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.