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The flight was assigned to descend to 2000 ft. While looking for the airport the flight went 400 ft below the assigned altitude. The reporter noticed and made correction. The approach controller noticed and asked the altitude. The reporter said the altitude and was correcting. The controller cleared the flight for a visual approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 332220 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199603 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : yyj |
| State Reference | BC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1600 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : yyj |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7800 |
| ASRS Report | 332220 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : far non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Assigned to descend to 2000 ft. While looking for airport, went through altitude by 400 ft. Noticed and made correction. Victoria approach noticed also and asked altitude. We said we were correcting. Victoria said we were cleared for the visual. Nothing else was said.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FLT WAS ASSIGNED TO DSND TO 2000 FT. WHILE LOOKING FOR THE ARPT THE FLT WENT 400 FT BELOW THE ASSIGNED ALT. THE RPTR NOTICED AND MADE CORRECTION. THE APCH CTLR NOTICED AND ASKED THE ALT. THE RPTR SAID THE ALT AND WAS CORRECTING. THE CTLR CLRED THE FLT FOR A VISUAL APCH.
Narrative: ASSIGNED TO DSND TO 2000 FT. WHILE LOOKING FOR ARPT, WENT THROUGH ALT BY 400 FT. NOTICED AND MADE CORRECTION. VICTORIA APCH NOTICED ALSO AND ASKED ALT. WE SAID WE WERE CORRECTING. VICTORIA SAID WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL. NOTHING ELSE WAS SAID.
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.