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Flight crew descends through the assigned 9000 ft altitude to 8675 ft before returning to the assigned altitude. Undisclosed is what the first officer who was supposed to be guiding the airplane was doing. The captain was distracted tuning and identing the radios. The so was accomplishing the checklist.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 323280 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : buj |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8650 msl bound upper : 9000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 323280 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 323559 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified 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:
First officer flying cleared to 9000 ft MSL. Passed buj VOR and given heading of 240 degrees at xa:00Z and 6 DME west of buj altitude alert sounded at 8700 ft MSL. Reversed descent at 8650 ft MSL and returned to 9000 ft MSL assigned altitude. No traffic on TCASII within 5 mi or 1000 ft. Flight engineer was doing before landing checklist and I was tuning and identing localizer and ADF.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC DSNDS THROUGH THE ASSIGNED 9000 FT ALT TO 8675 FT BEFORE RETURNING TO THE ASSIGNED ALT. UNDISCLOSED IS WHAT THE FO WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GUIDING THE AIRPLANE WAS DOING. THE CAPT WAS DISTRACTED TUNING AND IDENTING THE RADIOS. THE SO WAS ACCOMPLISHING THE CHKLIST.
Narrative: FO FLYING CLRED TO 9000 FT MSL. PASSED BUJ VOR AND GIVEN HDG OF 240 DEGS AT XA:00Z AND 6 DME W OF BUJ ALT ALERT SOUNDED AT 8700 FT MSL. REVERSED DSCNT AT 8650 FT MSL AND RETURNED TO 9000 FT MSL ASSIGNED ALT. NO TFC ON TCASII WITHIN 5 MI OR 1000 FT. FE WAS DOING BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST AND I WAS TUNING AND IDENTING LOC AND ADF.
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.