A B727 flight crew overshot the assigned altitude near ord.

Attributes
ACN	450970
Time
Date	199910
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl single value : 13000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zau.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 24 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 24
ASRS Report	450970
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance 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:

Maintenance ferry from mdw. First officer low time/recency. He was making/missing radio calls and captain was assisting first officer. The 13000 ft leveloff was missed. Recovery was immediate. ATC notified of overshoot. They replied, 'no problem,' and cleared us to new altitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 FLC OVERSHOT THE ASSIGNED ALT NEAR ORD.

Narrative: MAINT FERRY FROM MDW. FO LOW TIME/RECENCY. HE WAS MAKING/MISSING RADIO CALLS AND CAPT WAS ASSISTING FO. THE 13000 FT LEVELOFF WAS MISSED. RECOVERY WAS IMMEDIATE. ATC NOTIFIED OF OVERSHOOT. THEY REPLIED, 'NO PROB,' AND CLRED US TO NEW ALT.

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.