<< >> NASA ASRS Report 361680, March 1997

Altitude deviation altitude overshot in B757. PIC hand flying and was distracted. PIC missed first officer's altitude callout procedure which he incorporated in a check in call to ATC after frequency change.

Attributes
ACN	361680
Time
Date	199703
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5400
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other descent other
Route In Use	departure other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	361680
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	361681
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera 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:

Location: ord/270/10. Captain overshot 5000 ft altitude clearance on departure. Was flying with autothrottle disconnected and chose to reset altimeter between 4000 ft and 5000 ft. I had just been given a frequency change and during check-in reported passing 4000 ft for 5000 ft. Captain apparently missed my call and went through 5400 ft. Supplemental information from acn 361681: departing ord with captain hand flying we were cleared to level off at 5000 ft but went through by 400 ft. Corrected back and no apparent conflict, though the controller noticed as we were returning to 5000 ft. Several turns and frequency changes contributed to my inattention but I will be more careful in future.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALTDEV ALT OVERSHOT IN B757. PIC HAND FLYING AND WAS DISTRACTED. PIC MISSED FO'S ALT CALLOUT PROC WHICH HE INCORPORATED IN A CHK IN CALL TO ATC AFTER FREQ CHANGE.

Narrative: LOCATION: ORD/270/10. CAPT OVERSHOT 5000 FT ALT CLRNC ON DEP. WAS FLYING WITH AUTOTHROTTLE DISCONNECTED AND CHOSE TO RESET ALTIMETER BTWN 4000 FT AND 5000 FT. I HAD JUST BEEN GIVEN A FREQ CHANGE AND DURING CHK-IN RPTED PASSING 4000 FT FOR 5000 FT. CAPT APPARENTLY MISSED MY CALL AND WENT THROUGH 5400 FT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 361681: DEPARTING ORD WITH CAPT HAND FLYING WE WERE CLRED TO LEVEL OFF AT 5000 FT BUT WENT THROUGH BY 400 FT. CORRECTED BACK AND NO APPARENT CONFLICT, THOUGH THE CTLR NOTICED AS WE WERE RETURNING TO 5000 FT. SEVERAL TURNS AND FREQ CHANGES CONTRIBUTED TO MY INATTENTION BUT I WILL BE MORE CAREFUL IN FUTURE.

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.