First officer of a beech super king air 200 overshot assigned altitude during climb and corrected back at once when the captain brought the mistake to his attention.

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Attributes
ACN	435820
Time
Date	199905
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : den.vor
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 16000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d01.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Super King Air 200/Huron
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 850
ASRS Report	435820
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to original clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Climbing out of apa, departure control cleared us to 12000 ft. At 10000 ft they cleared us to 15000 ft. The captain (me) selected 15000 ft in the altitude alerter and made sure the copilot (PF) was aware of our new altitude. The captain then started loading the route in the GPS (copilot had failed to do this). At 14000 ft the altitude alerter went off and we confirmed there was 1000 ft to go to leveloff. The captain was busy with the GPS when the next thing I knew I looked up and saw we were at 16000 ft and climbing. I told the copilot to get to 15000 ft now and asked if departure gave us a new altitude. (We were having radio problems with our #1 communication and thought we may not have heard departure give us a new altitude.) he said no, and I told him to hurry back down to 15000 ft. Departure then cleared us to FL200 and on course. Departure never said anything about our altitude deviation. The cause of this problem was the copilot's being oblivious to our leveloff. I should have made sure he leveled because he has missed leveloffs before. The copilot may need recurrent training to continue flying because captain's will not tolerate any more altdevs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF A BEECH SUPER KING AIR 200 OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT DURING CLB AND CORRECTED BACK AT ONCE WHEN THE CAPT BROUGHT THE MISTAKE TO HIS ATTN.

Narrative: CLBING OUT OF APA, DEP CTL CLRED US TO 12000 FT. AT 10000 FT THEY CLRED US TO 15000 FT. THE CAPT (ME) SELECTED 15000 FT IN THE ALT ALERTER AND MADE SURE THE COPLT (PF) WAS AWARE OF OUR NEW ALT. THE CAPT THEN STARTED LOADING THE RTE IN THE GPS (COPLT HAD FAILED TO DO THIS). AT 14000 FT THE ALT ALERTER WENT OFF AND WE CONFIRMED THERE WAS 1000 FT TO GO TO LEVELOFF. THE CAPT WAS BUSY WITH THE GPS WHEN THE NEXT THING I KNEW I LOOKED UP AND SAW WE WERE AT 16000 FT AND CLBING. I TOLD THE COPLT TO GET TO 15000 FT NOW AND ASKED IF DEP GAVE US A NEW ALT. (WE WERE HAVING RADIO PROBS WITH OUR #1 COM AND THOUGHT WE MAY NOT HAVE HEARD DEP GIVE US A NEW ALT.) HE SAID NO, AND I TOLD HIM TO HURRY BACK DOWN TO 15000 FT. DEP THEN CLRED US TO FL200 AND ON COURSE. DEP NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT OUR ALTDEV. THE CAUSE OF THIS PROB WAS THE COPLT'S BEING OBLIVIOUS TO OUR LEVELOFF. I SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE HE LEVELED BECAUSE HE HAS MISSED LEVELOFFS BEFORE. THE COPLT MAY NEED RECURRENT TRAINING TO CONTINUE FLYING BECAUSE CAPT'S WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY MORE ALTDEVS.

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.