Narrative:

I issued a climb to FL230 from FL220 and I continued working to get higher for the CRJ2. It went above FL245 before it asked me if FL230 was the assigned altitude. Confirming it; it descended. It busted another sector airspace before a handoff was made. It acknowledged his mistake; no separation lost; just airspace violated. I missed his readback and he may have dialed in FL320. After coordination I was able to get it higher to FL300. Nothing else was said.

Google
 

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZID Controller issued air carrier climb from FL220 to FL230; aircraft initiated climb above assigned altitude; entered adjacent airspace without coordination/hand-off; missed read back listed as possible causal factor.

Narrative: I issued a climb to FL230 from FL220 and I continued working to get higher for the CRJ2. It went above FL245 before it asked me if FL230 was the assigned altitude. Confirming it; it descended. It busted another sector airspace before a handoff was made. It acknowledged his mistake; no separation lost; just airspace violated. I missed his readback and he may have dialed in FL320. After coordination I was able to get it higher to FL300. Nothing else was said.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.