CORP ACFT OVERSHOOTS ALT ON CLB. LTSS.

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WHEN THE COPLT GOT IN THE R SEAT AND PICKED UP THE CLRNC NOTE PAD; CONFIRMED DEP FREQ; SQUAWK AS PROPER CHKLIST PROCS WERE FOLLOWED. DURING TAXI OUT PF BRIEFED THE TKOF SPDS; AND REFUSAL PROCS AND INFLT EMER RETURN. THE REFUELING AT SALINA; KS; ENDED WITH A FUEL IMBAL OF 400 POUNDS (NOWHERE NEAR ACFT LIMITS). DURING THE DEP PNF (R SEAT) INITIATED AND COMPLETED THE CLB CHKLIST AS WELL AS RADIO FREQ CHANGE TO ZKC. AT THIS TIME PNF INITIATED AND COMPLETED THE CLB CHKLIST AS WELL AS RADIO FREQ CHANGE TO ZKC. AT THIS TIME PNF INITIATED A FUEL XFEED PROC TO ELIMINATE THE FUEL IMBAL. AFTER APPROX 30-45 SECONDS ZKC INITIATED A RADIO CALL TO US VERY ROUTINELY STATING (AS WE WERE PASSING 4700 FT) 'RADAR CONTACT PASSING 4700 FT YOU HAVE TFC AT YOUR 10 O'CLOCK POS AT 6000 LEVEL OFF MAINTAIN 5000.' I (PNF) ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE WERE AT 5500; AND WILL DSND TO 5000. NOTE; AT THIS MOMENT BOTH PLTS INTERPRETED THIS CALL AS AN IMMEDIATE AND AMENDED CLRNC TO LEVEL OFF AT 5000. WE DRIFTED UP TO 5600 DURING THE PUSHOVER TO COMPLY WITH THE AMENDED CLRNC AND THE ALT ALERTER WAS CHANGED AND SET TO 5000. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WE WERE CLRED TO CONTINUE FURTHER CLB. AT THIS POINT WE STILL DID NOT REALIZE THERE WAS A MISCOM AS TO OUR CLRNC LIMIT ALT UNTIL ATC ASKED US TO CALL THEM ON THE PHONE UPON REACHING OUR DEST. UPON REVIEW OF THE EVENTS THAT HAD JUST HAPPENED WE REVIEWED THE CLRNC AS WRITTEN AND SAW THAT THE CLRNC WAS 5M/290/10. NEITHER ONE OF US CAN EXPLAIN WHY THE ALT ALERTER WAS NOT SET AT 5000. THE INITIAL CALL FROM CTR COULD HAVE BEEN MORE URGENTLY STATED TO POINT OUT THE POTENTIAL TFC CONFLICT IF HE FELT DUE TO OUR RATE OF CLB THAT WE MAY NOT MEET OUR EXPECTED LEVEL OFF ALT OF 5000.