Flight crew has altitude deviation.

Attributes
ACN	548509
Time
Date	200205
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las.airport
State Reference	NV
Altitude	msl single value : 7000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : l30.tracon tower : luk.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	548509
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	548512
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After takeoff from las a heavy engine vibration occurred at leveloff. ATC directed us to an intersection that was not in our GPS database. This associated with the engine problem distracted me and the aircraft climbed 400 ft above our cleared to leveloff altitude. A safe return was made to las and the aircraft was taken OTS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC HAS ALTDEV.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM LAS A HVY ENG VIBRATION OCCURRED AT LEVELOFF. ATC DIRECTED US TO AN INTXN THAT WAS NOT IN OUR GPS DATABASE. THIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENG PROB DISTRACTED ME AND THE ACFT CLBED 400 FT ABOVE OUR CLRED TO LEVELOFF ALT. A SAFE RETURN WAS MADE TO LAS AND THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS.

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.