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Pilots report of busting an altitude and flying slightly off course due to auto pilot not engaging; and doing other duties in the cockpit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1176819 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201406 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 182 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 292 Flight Crew Type 6000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
After takeoff and clean aircraft we had a frequency change to socal departure. The aircraft was warm so the first officer was checking the air conditioning pacs. I had selected autopilot a; which did not engage and took me a couple of seconds to realize it because of the climb and I thought it captured 7;000 feet. I did not select VOR/localizer and was pushing up climb power. ATC was calling another carrier (our number); he used this call sign at least three times; and was asking if we were turning onto the radial to pom but using the other carrier call sign. PNF said we were in the turn and ATC advised us that we had missed it by about 2 miles. The plane climbed to about 7;300 feet I began a descent back down as I was not sure if we were north of the pom at the time. When I knew we were back on the right course and position I resumed the climb.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilots report of busting an altitude and flying slightly off course due to auto pilot not engaging; and doing other duties in the cockpit.
Narrative: After takeoff and clean aircraft we had a frequency change to SoCal Departure. The aircraft was warm so the F/O was checking the air conditioning pacs. I had selected autopilot A; which did not engage and took me a couple of seconds to realize it because of the climb and I thought it captured 7;000 feet. I did not select VOR/LOC and was pushing up climb power. ATC was calling another carrier (our number); he used this call sign at least three times; and was asking if we were turning onto the radial to POM but using the other carrier call sign. PNF said we were in the turn and ATC advised us that we had missed it by about 2 miles. The plane climbed to about 7;300 feet I began a descent back down as I was not sure if we were north of the POM at the time. When I knew we were back on the right course and position I resumed the climb.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.