A departure MD11 freighter climbs above its expected departure altitude 2 mi west of oak, ca.

Attributes
ACN	448578
Time
Date	199909
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oak.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : o90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	448578
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	448574
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry altitude deviation : overshoot
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : issued alert
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Company Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure
Primary Problem	Company
Air Traffic Incident	Inter Facility Coordination Failure

Narrative:

Flight was cleared on pre departure clearance (attached) to sjc via osi at 5000 ft. The oakland five departure was not in the clearance or assigned by oakland ground or tower. On initial contact to bay departure, the captain reported 'out of 2000 ft for 5000 ft unrestr.' 5000 ft was acknowledged by a controller. Immediately, a second voice commanded a leveloff at 3000 ft and wanted to know who lifted the 2000 ft restr. Apparently he expected the flight to be on the oakland five departure as this restricts altitude to 2000 ft until the 4 DME from oakland.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DEP MD11 FREIGHTER CLBS ABOVE ITS EXPECTED DEP ALT 2 MI W OF OAK, CA.

Narrative: FLT WAS CLRED ON PDC (ATTACHED) TO SJC VIA OSI AT 5000 FT. THE OAKLAND FIVE DEP WAS NOT IN THE CLRNC OR ASSIGNED BY OAKLAND GND OR TWR. ON INITIAL CONTACT TO BAY DEP, THE CAPT RPTED 'OUT OF 2000 FT FOR 5000 FT UNRESTR.' 5000 FT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY A CTLR. IMMEDIATELY, A SECOND VOICE COMMANDED A LEVELOFF AT 3000 FT AND WANTED TO KNOW WHO LIFTED THE 2000 FT RESTR. APPARENTLY HE EXPECTED THE FLT TO BE ON THE OAKLAND FIVE DEP AS THIS RESTRICTS ALT TO 2000 FT UNTIL THE 4 DME FROM OAKLAND.

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.