B727 altitude deviation cvg.

Attributes
ACN	449117
Time
Date	199909
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg.airport
State Reference	KY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 29000 msl bound upper : 29700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid.artcc tower : ads.tower
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	climbout : vacating altitude climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 15000
ASRS Report	449117
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : far 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
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft was cleared to climb to FL290. First officer called 'FL280 for FL290.' autoplt pitched nose down. Captain was flying and ordered flight engineer and first officer to check log for autoplt write-ups. Captain proceeded to climb aircraft to FL297 before realizing he was supposed to be at FL290. He immediately descended to FL290. Captain believes altitude deviation caused by his inattn and stupidity. Support (flight engineer and first officer) ahd been ordered to 'check books' for previous autoplt write-ups and therefore, were out of loop.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 ALTDEV CVG.

Narrative: ACFT WAS CLRED TO CLB TO FL290. FO CALLED 'FL280 FOR FL290.' AUTOPLT PITCHED NOSE DOWN. CAPT WAS FLYING AND ORDERED FE AND FO TO CHK LOG FOR AUTOPLT WRITE-UPS. CAPT PROCEEDED TO CLB ACFT TO FL297 BEFORE REALIZING HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT FL290. HE IMMEDIATELY DSNDED TO FL290. CAPT BELIEVES ALTDEV CAUSED BY HIS INATTN AND STUPIDITY. SUPPORT (FE AND FO) AHD BEEN ORDERED TO 'CHK BOOKS' FOR PREVIOUS AUTOPLT WRITE-UPS AND THEREFORE, WERE OUT OF LOOP.

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.