<< >> NASA ASRS Report 109250, April 1989

Altitude bust

Attributes
ACN	109250
Time
Date	198904
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bim
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 14000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma tower : cmh
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Transport
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	109250
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On climb out from nassau to fll I was scanning a large area of thunderstorms on the radar and was determining which way to deviate this area. In my concentration on this, I failed to set the altitude select function on the autoplt controller and climbed through our assigned altitude of 14,000'. Center gave us a call as we reached 15,000'. Promptly descended back to 14,000'. First officer was doing aircraft log paperwork at the time.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALT BUST

Narrative: ON CLIMB OUT FROM NASSAU TO FLL I WAS SCANNING A LARGE AREA OF TSTMS ON THE RADAR AND WAS DETERMINING WHICH WAY TO DEVIATE THIS AREA. IN MY CONCENTRATION ON THIS, I FAILED TO SET THE ALT SELECT FUNCTION ON THE AUTOPLT CTLR AND CLIMBED THROUGH OUR ASSIGNED ALT OF 14,000'. CENTER GAVE US A CALL AS WE REACHED 15,000'. PROMPTLY DESCENDED BACK TO 14,000'. F/O WAS DOING ACFT LOG PAPERWORK AT THE TIME.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.