<< >> NASA ASRS Report 377590, August 1997

An air carrier MD80 flight crew distracted by traffic watch, overshot their assigned altitude and then recovered. No known conflicts.

Attributes
ACN	377590
Time
Date	199708
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12400
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : den
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	377590
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	377591
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified 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:

First officer was hand flying and leveling off at 12000 ft. As captain, I was distracted by looking for traffic that had been pointed out by departure control. The altitude alert came on and our altitude reached 12400 ft briefly before it was corrected. There were no known traffic conflicts and departure control did not say anything.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MD80 FLC DISTRACTED BY TFC WATCH, OVERSHOT THEIR ASSIGNED ALT AND THEN RECOVERED. NO KNOWN CONFLICTS.

Narrative: FO WAS HAND FLYING AND LEVELING OFF AT 12000 FT. AS CAPT, I WAS DISTRACTED BY LOOKING FOR TFC THAT HAD BEEN POINTED OUT BY DEP CTL. THE ALT ALERT CAME ON AND OUR ALT REACHED 12400 FT BRIEFLY BEFORE IT WAS CORRECTED. THERE WERE NO KNOWN TFC CONFLICTS AND DEP CTL DID NOT SAY ANYTHING.

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.