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B727 aircraft in climb overshot altitude by 200 ft. Flight crew immediately returned to assigned altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 365989 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zdc |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 16200 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zdc |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 365989 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 365991 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| 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:
Climbing to 16000 ft, aircraft approached altitude and waypoint at same time. During verification of next waypoint captain allowed aircraft to momentarily climb to 16200 ft. Deviation was quickly noted and corrected to 16000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 ACFT IN CLB OVERSHOT ALT BY 200 FT. FLC IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO ASSIGNED ALT.
Narrative: CLBING TO 16000 FT, ACFT APCHED ALT AND WAYPOINT AT SAME TIME. DURING VERIFICATION OF NEXT WAYPOINT CAPT ALLOWED ACFT TO MOMENTARILY CLB TO 16200 FT. DEV WAS QUICKLY NOTED AND CORRECTED TO 16000 FT.
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.