<< >> NASA ASRS Report 425452, January 1999

B737 crew overshot their cleared altitude by 750 ft.

Attributes
ACN	425452
Time
Date	199901
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 11750
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Navigation In Use	Other
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	425452
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	425450
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer hand flying a departure out of las. Radar vectors paralleling the oasys departure. We were given clearance to climb to 11000 ft and intercept the bty 126 degree radial. I was typing this in the FMS when we climbed through 11000 ft. The first officer leveled off at 11700 ft and then descended to 11000 ft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CREW OVERSHOT THEIR CLRED ALT BY 750 FT.

Narrative: FO HAND FLYING A DEP OUT OF LAS. RADAR VECTORS PARALLELING THE OASYS DEP. WE WERE GIVEN CLRNC TO CLB TO 11000 FT AND INTERCEPT THE BTY 126 DEG RADIAL. I WAS TYPING THIS IN THE FMS WHEN WE CLBED THROUGH 11000 FT. THE FO LEVELED OFF AT 11700 FT AND THEN DSNDED TO 11000 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.