Flight director failed to capture the selected altitude. Altitude deviation altitude overshot.

Attributes
ACN	315390
Time
Date	199509
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5330
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ord tower : mke
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	315390
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
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:

Climbing out of ord on ord departure control, the captain was hand flying the airplane when he noticed flight director had not captured the set altitude 5000 ft. He corrected with appropriate pitch control and no conflict occurred. We had deviated by approximately 330 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT DIRECTOR FAILED TO CAPTURE THE SELECTED ALT. ALTDEV ALT OVERSHOT.

Narrative: CLBING OUT OF ORD ON ORD DEP CTL, THE CAPT WAS HAND FLYING THE AIRPLANE WHEN HE NOTICED FLT DIRECTOR HAD NOT CAPTURED THE SET ALT 5000 FT. HE CORRECTED WITH APPROPRIATE PITCH CTL AND NO CONFLICT OCCURRED. WE HAD DEVIATED BY APPROX 330 FT.

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.