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B737 captain reported being cleared to climb to FL290 from FL260 and the flying first officer entered 260 into the MCP but failed to engage a climb mode.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1393415 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | MCP |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 264 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We were given numerous step climbs and radar vectors and then finally joined the arrival. During this time; I was the pilot monitoring and busy getting ATIS and doing performance. We were at FL260 and were cleared to FL290. I read it back and PF (pilot flying) put it in altitude selector. I went back to performance; then a couple minutes later ATC told us to maintain FL260 and gave us another heading. We both realized aircraft had not climbed at that point.better monitoring. Making sure aircraft does what we want it too.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported being cleared to climb to FL290 from FL260 and the flying First Officer entered 260 into the MCP but failed to engage a climb mode.
Narrative: We were given numerous step climbs and radar vectors and then finally joined the arrival. During this time; I was the Pilot Monitoring and busy getting ATIS and doing performance. We were at FL260 and were cleared to FL290. I read it back and PF (Pilot Flying) put it in altitude selector. I went back to performance; then a couple minutes later ATC told us to maintain FL260 and gave us another heading. We both realized aircraft had not climbed at that point.Better monitoring. Making sure aircraft does what we want it too.
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.