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A B727 overshoots its assigned altitude when the crew is copying a holding instruction from ZBW near gdm, ma.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 448210 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199909 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : gdm.vortac |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 30600 msl bound upper : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : enroute altitude change cruise : descent |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : ns.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 6310 flight time type : 4314 |
| ASRS Report | 448210 |
| 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 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to assigned altitude |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We became distraction by holding instructions. Our autoplt did not have automatic leveloff. We caught our missed leveloff after descending through FL310 to FL306. No conflicts. Climbed back to FL310.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 OVERSHOOTS ITS ASSIGNED ALT WHEN THE CREW IS COPYING A HOLDING INSTRUCTION FROM ZBW NEAR GDM, MA.
Narrative: WE BECAME DISTR BY HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS. OUR AUTOPLT DID NOT HAVE AUTO LEVELOFF. WE CAUGHT OUR MISSED LEVELOFF AFTER DSNDING THROUGH FL310 TO FL306. NO CONFLICTS. CLBED BACK TO FL310.
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.