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Pilot of an small transport tail dragging beech 18 cargo aircraft overshot climb altitude resulting in ATC intervention.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 322380 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199511 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ilg |
| State Reference | DE |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : phl |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Twin Beech 18 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2600 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 322380 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Was cleared to 2000 ft MSL. Did not recognize until phl approach said I was at 2600 ft MSL. Was not paying attention to altitude because of aircraft workload in a BE18.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMT TAIL DRAGGING BEECH 18 CARGO ACFT OVERSHOT CLB ALT RESULTING IN ATC INTERVENTION.
Narrative: WAS CLRED TO 2000 FT MSL. DID NOT RECOGNIZE UNTIL PHL APCH SAID I WAS AT 2600 FT MSL. WAS NOT PAYING ATTN TO ALT BECAUSE OF ACFT WORKLOAD IN A BE18.
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.