Flight crew of an large transport overshot descent altitude causing an ATC altitude alert.

Attributes
ACN	338130
Time
Date	199605
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem
State Reference	TN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9600 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mem
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 290
ASRS Report	338130
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	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera
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:

Captain missed the 10000 ft level off. Went to 9600 ft then immediately returned to 10000 ft. Set off altitude alerter!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LGT OVERSHOT DSCNT ALT CAUSING AN ATC ALT ALERT.

Narrative: CAPT MISSED THE 10000 FT LEVEL OFF. WENT TO 9600 FT THEN IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO 10000 FT. SET OFF ALT ALERTER!

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.