Flight crew of a B757 overshot assigned altitude during climb on an IOE check ride.

Attributes
ACN	419729
Time
Date	199811
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sna airport : sna
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : slc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid enroute airway : zla
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer observation : company check pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 245 flight time total : 14000
ASRS Report	419729
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 6 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 4
ASRS Report	419730
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot 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:

Administering captain IOE, acting as line check airman, flying as first officer flight sna-den. Climbing out on musel 5 departure, receiving radar vectors for traffic prior to on course vectors to thermal. Traffic location issued just prior to leveloff altitude, cleared altitude of 15000 ft. Observed student's climb rate still very high approaching 15000 ft, reminded him of clearance limit. Student began immediate leveloff, however, climbed through cleared altitude by 300-400 ft followed by immediate corrective descent to assigned altitude. Controller again reissued crossing traffic location. Student was hand flying. Contributing factors: high workload as lca and first officer with cockpit distrs including traffic call just prior to leveloff cleared altitude. Long duty day on this particular trip, resulting in fatigue for both of us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A B757 OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT DURING CLB ON AN IOE CHK RIDE.

Narrative: ADMINISTERING CAPT IOE, ACTING AS LINE CHK AIRMAN, FLYING AS FO FLT SNA-DEN. CLBING OUT ON MUSEL 5 DEP, RECEIVING RADAR VECTORS FOR TFC PRIOR TO ON COURSE VECTORS TO THERMAL. TFC LOCATION ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO LEVELOFF ALT, CLRED ALT OF 15000 FT. OBSERVED STUDENT'S CLB RATE STILL VERY HIGH APCHING 15000 FT, REMINDED HIM OF CLRNC LIMIT. STUDENT BEGAN IMMEDIATE LEVELOFF, HOWEVER, CLBED THROUGH CLRED ALT BY 300-400 FT FOLLOWED BY IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE DSCNT TO ASSIGNED ALT. CTLR AGAIN REISSUED XING TFC LOCATION. STUDENT WAS HAND FLYING. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: HIGH WORKLOAD AS LCA AND FO WITH COCKPIT DISTRS INCLUDING TFC CALL JUST PRIOR TO LEVELOFF CLRED ALT. LONG DUTY DAY ON THIS PARTICULAR TRIP, RESULTING IN FATIGUE FOR BOTH OF US.

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.