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DC9 altitude deviation altitude overshot in descent procedure. Captain was attempting to perform cockpit coordination with first officer by using altitude callout procedure to no avail.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 349330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199610 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6600 msl bound upper : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9300 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 349330 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Cleared to 7000 ft (descent). Rate of descent was high, first officer was flying, I called '2 to go' and '1 to go.' first officer did not hear last call and with 200 ft to go, I said 7000 ft. He still did not acknowledge. After passing altitude, I got his immediate attention and he returned to 7000 ft after descending to 6600 ft. No conflict noted.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DC9 ALTDEV ALT OVERSHOT IN DSCNT PROC. CAPT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM COCKPIT COORD WITH FO BY USING ALT CALLOUT PROC TO NO AVAIL.
Narrative: CLRED TO 7000 FT (DSCNT). RATE OF DSCNT WAS HIGH, FO WAS FLYING, I CALLED '2 TO GO' AND '1 TO GO.' FO DID NOT HEAR LAST CALL AND WITH 200 FT TO GO, I SAID 7000 FT. HE STILL DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE. AFTER PASSING ALT, I GOT HIS IMMEDIATE ATTN AND HE RETURNED TO 7000 FT AFTER DSNDING TO 6600 FT. NO CONFLICT NOTED.
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.