Altitude deviation altitude overshot in climb.

Attributes
ACN	301998
Time
Date	199504
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bdr
State Reference	CT
Altitude	msl bound lower : 14000 msl bound upper : 14300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : zny
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1300 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	301998
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain observation : company check pilot oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance non adherence other other anomaly other
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:

Event occurred during my third day of initial operating experience with a new airline, the first scheduled carrier in my employment history. ATC issued a clearance to climb out of 13000 ft to 14000 ft. My captain acknowledged the clearance and reset the altitude alerter to 14000 ft at which time I started the climb. After acknowledging the clearance the captain initiated communication with flight service to question our return flight plan. The captain was studying our release and talking to flight service while I was executing the climb. I was distracted by his actions and overshot our altitude by 300 ft. At 14300 ft the altitude alerter sounded and I immediately started a descent back to 14000 ft. The cause of this occurrence was my inexperience with the quick pace of an airline environment and its associated distrs. The airline environment was completely new to me, all my previous flying having been charter work. I was preoccupied with the captain's actions and therefore failed to remain focused on my duty of flying the airplane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALTDEV ALT OVERSHOT IN CLB.

Narrative: EVENT OCCURRED DURING MY THIRD DAY OF INITIAL OPERATING EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW AIRLINE, THE FIRST SCHEDULED CARRIER IN MY EMPLOYMENT HISTORY. ATC ISSUED A CLRNC TO CLB OUT OF 13000 FT TO 14000 FT. MY CAPT ACKNOWLEDGED THE CLRNC AND RESET THE ALT ALERTER TO 14000 FT AT WHICH TIME I STARTED THE CLB. AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING THE CLRNC THE CAPT INITIATED COM WITH FLT SVC TO QUESTION OUR RETURN FLT PLAN. THE CAPT WAS STUDYING OUR RELEASE AND TALKING TO FLT SVC WHILE I WAS EXECUTING THE CLB. I WAS DISTRACTED BY HIS ACTIONS AND OVERSHOT OUR ALT BY 300 FT. AT 14300 FT THE ALT ALERTER SOUNDED AND I IMMEDIATELY STARTED A DSCNT BACK TO 14000 FT. THE CAUSE OF THIS OCCURRENCE WAS MY INEXPERIENCE WITH THE QUICK PACE OF AN AIRLINE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS ASSOCIATED DISTRS. THE AIRLINE ENVIRONMENT WAS COMPLETELY NEW TO ME, ALL MY PREVIOUS FLYING HAVING BEEN CHARTER WORK. I WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH THE CAPT'S ACTIONS AND THEREFORE FAILED TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON MY DUTY OF FLYING THE AIRPLANE.

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.