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Medical emergency caused a divert to den. Activity in the cockpit left PF with no backup and an altitude deviation resulted. Corrected back promptly.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 342085 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 16200 msl bound upper : 17000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : den |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 342085 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We had a medical emergency with a divert to den. Emergency was an urgent heart attack case. With a lot of chatter in the cockpit (coordination) and frequency change (PF) and a rapid descent in progress, a 17000 ft altitude clearance was broken (though heard and set in the altitude warning indicator by PF) and caught at 16200 ft. Corrected back to 17000 ft. No mention made by ATC. Contributing factors: PF doing all the flying duties with no backup. Congestion and noise in the cockpit. Expedited handling and descent. Pucker factor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MEDICAL EMER CAUSED A DIVERT TO DEN. ACTIVITY IN THE COCKPIT LEFT PF WITH NO BACKUP AND AN ALTDEV RESULTED. CORRECTED BACK PROMPTLY.
Narrative: WE HAD A MEDICAL EMER WITH A DIVERT TO DEN. EMER WAS AN URGENT HEART ATTACK CASE. WITH A LOT OF CHATTER IN THE COCKPIT (COORD) AND FREQ CHANGE (PF) AND A RAPID DSCNT IN PROGRESS, A 17000 FT ALT CLRNC WAS BROKEN (THOUGH HEARD AND SET IN THE ALT WARNING INDICATOR BY PF) AND CAUGHT AT 16200 FT. CORRECTED BACK TO 17000 FT. NO MENTION MADE BY ATC. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: PF DOING ALL THE FLYING DUTIES WITH NO BACKUP. CONGESTION AND NOISE IN THE COCKPIT. EXPEDITED HANDLING AND DSCNT. PUCKER FACTOR.
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.