B727-200 flight crew overshoots assigned altitude on descent.

Attributes
ACN	440470
Time
Date	199906
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sdf.airport
State Reference	KY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7500 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sdf.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	arrival : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	440470
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	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Fatigue. 13 hour 38 min duty day. The high workload came from operating an aircraft with numerous deferred maintenance items -- an autoplt which lacks altitude capture, running the 'apc' checklist, looking for passing traffic and looking for the airport at dusk.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727-200 FLC OVERSHOOTS ASSIGNED ALT ON DSCNT.

Narrative: FATIGUE. 13 HR 38 MIN DUTY DAY. THE HIGH WORKLOAD CAME FROM OPERATING AN ACFT WITH NUMEROUS DEFERRED MAINT ITEMS -- AN AUTOPLT WHICH LACKS ALT CAPTURE, RUNNING THE 'APC' CHKLIST, LOOKING FOR PASSING TFC AND LOOKING FOR THE ARPT AT DUSK.

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.