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Air carrier first officer reported experiencing an altitude overshoot during climbout while hand flying and attributed it to lack of flying.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1747234 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
Climbed out and got task saturated while in a turn hand flying because I needed the practice; when I realized I had reached 15;000 feet I corrected the situation but overshot the altitude. Captain pointed out the deviation and I smoothly reduced power and established a descent to assigned altitude. ATC queried and gave us a higher altitude 17;000.the cause was focusing on the procedure while hand flying. Didn't notice the altitude until captain called it out.I'm a little rusty from lack of flying and have little experience hand flying the plane. I was trying to acquire some more experience; but perhaps this wasn't the best time to do it. Would have been better to use more automation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported experiencing an altitude overshoot during climbout while hand flying and attributed it to lack of flying.
Narrative: Climbed out and got task saturated while in a turn hand flying because I needed the practice; when I realized I had reached 15;000 feet I corrected the situation but overshot the altitude. Captain pointed out the deviation and I smoothly reduced power and established a descent to assigned altitude. ATC queried and gave us a higher altitude 17;000.The cause was focusing on the procedure while hand flying. Didn't notice the altitude until Captain called it out.I'm a little rusty from lack of flying and have little experience hand flying the plane. I was trying to acquire some more experience; but perhaps this wasn't the best time to do it. Would have been better to use more automation.
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