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First officer of a widebody transport overshot assigned altitude and was alerted by the so and 2 seconds later ATC. He immediately descended back to assigned altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 383470 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gfs |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 22000 msl bound upper : 23000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1900 |
| ASRS Report | 383470 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Just passing gfs VOR on oasis departure from las. Climbing to assigned FL230. In right turn to hec, flying using autoplt FMS navigation on GPS with VOR backup. New clearance was given to maintain FL220 and new route given to fly after gfs direct pmd sadde 7 arrival lax. Altitude was selected on FMS and armed. Captain started programming new route in GPS. I completed turn, selected pmd on VOR, and took out commercial charts to look for sadde 6 arrival lax when engineer called out altitude. Approximately 2 seconds later, center advised us to descend to FL220. Altitude alert prior to new assigned altitude was not heard by this pilot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF A WDB OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT AND WAS ALERTED BY THE SO AND 2 SECONDS LATER ATC. HE IMMEDIATELY DSNDED BACK TO ASSIGNED ALT.
Narrative: JUST PASSING GFS VOR ON OASIS DEP FROM LAS. CLBING TO ASSIGNED FL230. IN R TURN TO HEC, FLYING USING AUTOPLT FMS NAV ON GPS WITH VOR BACKUP. NEW CLRNC WAS GIVEN TO MAINTAIN FL220 AND NEW RTE GIVEN TO FLY AFTER GFS DIRECT PMD SADDE 7 ARR LAX. ALT WAS SELECTED ON FMS AND ARMED. CAPT STARTED PROGRAMMING NEW RTE IN GPS. I COMPLETED TURN, SELECTED PMD ON VOR, AND TOOK OUT COMMERCIAL CHARTS TO LOOK FOR SADDE 6 ARR LAX WHEN ENGINEER CALLED OUT ALT. APPROX 2 SECONDS LATER, CTR ADVISED US TO DSND TO FL220. ALT ALERT PRIOR TO NEW ASSIGNED ALT WAS NOT HEARD BY THIS PLT.
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.