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Just after takeoff from mdw; the pilot was distracted by a miscommunication which resulted in an altitude and airspeed exceedance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1286625 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MDW.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Runway 4R departure from mdw.tower controller reiterated takeoff clearance 'left turn 180; climb/maintain 3;000 feet.'after takeoff controller reiterated left turn 180; I commenced a left turn at 400 feet AGL to heading 180; my copilot read back left turn 080.at this point the controller started screaming nonstop 'negative; I said left turn 180; I say again 180 degrees' and continued his tirade for several seconds.I immediately started scanning looking for an anomaly; checking my heading mode; navigation source; malfunction etc. From the alarm in the controller's voice I was sure we were either going to have a midair or some other disastrous outcome. My attention was diverted and I inadvertently exceeded altitude of 3;000 feet and was accelerating past 250 knots.I immediately reduced power and began a descent back to 3;000 feet; engaged the autopilot and we frequency changed without further incident.I feel that this was a factor in my altitude/airspeed excursions. Contributing factors were my copilot's readback mistake on assigned heading and my diverted attention from what I thought was a dire developing situation.I should have obeyed the basic tenant of 'fly the airplane'. Easier said than done in this situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Just after takeoff from MDW; the pilot was distracted by a miscommunication which resulted in an altitude and airspeed exceedance.
Narrative: Runway 4R departure from MDW.Tower Controller reiterated takeoff clearance 'left turn 180; climb/maintain 3;000 feet.'After takeoff controller reiterated left turn 180; I commenced a left turn at 400 feet AGL to heading 180; my copilot read back left turn 080.At this point the controller started screaming nonstop 'Negative; I said left turn 180; I say again 180 degrees' and continued his tirade for several seconds.I immediately started scanning looking for an anomaly; checking my heading mode; navigation source; malfunction etc. From the alarm in the controller's voice I was sure we were either going to have a midair or some other disastrous outcome. My attention was diverted and I inadvertently exceeded altitude of 3;000 feet and was accelerating past 250 knots.I immediately reduced power and began a descent back to 3;000 feet; engaged the autopilot and we frequency changed without further incident.I feel that this was a factor in my altitude/airspeed excursions. Contributing factors were my copilot's readback mistake on assigned heading and my diverted attention from what I thought was a dire developing situation.I should have obeyed the basic tenant of 'fly the airplane'. Easier said than done in this situation.
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.