Flight crew of medium large transport overshot assigned altitude by 800' on descent.

Attributes
ACN	148496
Time
Date	199006
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : hsv
State Reference	AL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 22200 msl bound upper : 23000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme tower : aua
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 160
ASRS Report	148496
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 190
ASRS Report	148509
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
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:

I was copying ATIS when cleared to descend to FL230. Descent was made through FL230 to FL222 before error was corrected. Climb was made back to FL230, then received clearance to lower altitude by center.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF MLG OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT BY 800' ON DESCENT.

Narrative: I WAS COPYING ATIS WHEN CLRED TO DSND TO FL230. DSNT WAS MADE THROUGH FL230 TO FL222 BEFORE ERROR WAS CORRECTED. CLB WAS MADE BACK TO FL230, THEN RECEIVED CLRNC TO LOWER ALT BY CENTER.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.