Altitude deviation. Overshoot in climb. Aircraft equipment problem caused flight crew distraction.

Attributes
ACN	124999
Time
Date	198910
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 14000 msl bound upper : 14600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 14000
ASRS Report	124999
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	125000
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Captain and copilot attention diverted to compass problems and aircraft overshot level off altitude by 600' immediately correct to level off at 14,000'. Altitude alerter aural and visual warning weak and missed during overshoot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALT DEVIATION. OVERSHOOT IN CLIMB. ACFT EQUIPMENT PROBLEM CAUSED FLT CREW DISTR.

Narrative: CAPT AND COPLT ATTN DIVERTED TO COMPASS PROBLEMS AND ACFT OVERSHOT LEVEL OFF ALT BY 600' IMMEDIATELY CORRECT TO LEVEL OFF AT 14,000'. ALT ALERTER AURAL AND VISUAL WARNING WEAK AND MISSED DURING OVERSHOOT.

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.