Altitude overshoot by flight crew of medium large transport.

Attributes
ACN	120524
Time
Date	198908
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : atl tower : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 10700 flight time type : 3480
ASRS Report	120524
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On departure from atl we were cleared to 10000'. At 10000' I saw that the first officer was still climbing. I told him to level off, but by the time he could level off we were at 10500', and immediately descended back to 10000'. The first officer's altimeter was still set at AGL for atl and read 9000' at 10000' MSL. 'Altimeters' is on the checklist after 10000'. The autothrottles were inoperative, which further increased our workload.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALT OVERSHOOT BY FLT CREW OF MLG.

Narrative: ON DEP FROM ATL WE WERE CLRED TO 10000'. AT 10000' I SAW THAT THE F/O WAS STILL CLBING. I TOLD HIM TO LEVEL OFF, BUT BY THE TIME HE COULD LEVEL OFF WE WERE AT 10500', AND IMMEDIATELY DSNDED BACK TO 10000'. THE F/O'S ALTIMETER WAS STILL SET AT AGL FOR ATL AND READ 9000' AT 10000' MSL. 'ALTIMETERS' IS ON THE CHKLIST AFTER 10000'. THE AUTOTHROTTLES WERE INOP, WHICH FURTHER INCREASED OUR WORKLOAD.

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.