Narrative:

After climbing out of 4TH segment climb and after takeoff checklist completed. A brand new first officer less than 120 hours in the EMB145 was climbing out on altitude mode after he had been told on the 1ST and 2ND day of a trip pairing not to hand fly on altitude mode. It was not company standard operating procedure to climb out on altitude mode because it does not provide altitude leveling off protection. The event occurred because the first officer was not listening to the captain's instruction. I; the captain; was monitoring his climb and called 1000 ft to go. Within the 1000 ft to go ATC called and gave us a frequency change. When I look down to change the frequency I told him to watch his climb because we had less than 200 ft to go. After passing our altitude of 4000 ft by 300 ft I said my controls and immediately descended to maintain 4000 ft. It was unlimited visibility and sky was clear. No traffic conflict occurred. It was determined the first officer was very inexperienced in the EMB145 on the first day of a 4 day trip based on his autoplt usage. I continuously monitored the first officer throughout the trip apart from my PNF duties. When I called 1000 ft to go I told him to watch his climb rate. He acknowledged that he was. After looking down to change frequency for a second he climbed through 3800 ft with a climb rate of 3000 FPM. That's when I stopped what I was doing and told him level off. After seeing him pass 4000 ft I said my controls and started to descend down from 4300 ft to maintain 4000 ft. After this occurrence I put the autoplt on and I was the PF and the first officer the PNF.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB145 CAPTAIN REPORTS NEW FIRST OFFICER'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW SOP AND OVERSHOOTING ASSIGNED ALTITUDE BY 300 FEET.

Narrative: AFTER CLBING OUT OF 4TH SEGMENT CLB AND AFTER TKOF CHKLIST COMPLETED. A BRAND NEW FO LESS THAN 120 HRS IN THE EMB145 WAS CLBING OUT ON ALT MODE AFTER HE HAD BEEN TOLD ON THE 1ST AND 2ND DAY OF A TRIP PAIRING NOT TO HAND FLY ON ALT MODE. IT WAS NOT COMPANY STANDARD OPERATING PROC TO CLB OUT ON ALT MODE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PROVIDE ALT LEVELING OFF PROTECTION. THE EVENT OCCURRED BECAUSE THE FO WAS NOT LISTENING TO THE CAPT'S INSTRUCTION. I; THE CAPT; WAS MONITORING HIS CLB AND CALLED 1000 FT TO GO. WITHIN THE 1000 FT TO GO ATC CALLED AND GAVE US A FREQ CHANGE. WHEN I LOOK DOWN TO CHANGE THE FREQ I TOLD HIM TO WATCH HIS CLB BECAUSE WE HAD LESS THAN 200 FT TO GO. AFTER PASSING OUR ALT OF 4000 FT BY 300 FT I SAID MY CTLS AND IMMEDIATELY DSNDED TO MAINTAIN 4000 FT. IT WAS UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AND SKY WAS CLR. NO TFC CONFLICT OCCURRED. IT WAS DETERMINED THE FO WAS VERY INEXPERIENCED IN THE EMB145 ON THE FIRST DAY OF A 4 DAY TRIP BASED ON HIS AUTOPLT USAGE. I CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED THE FO THROUGHOUT THE TRIP APART FROM MY PNF DUTIES. WHEN I CALLED 1000 FT TO GO I TOLD HIM TO WATCH HIS CLB RATE. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE WAS. AFTER LOOKING DOWN TO CHANGE FREQ FOR A SECOND HE CLBED THROUGH 3800 FT WITH A CLB RATE OF 3000 FPM. THAT'S WHEN I STOPPED WHAT I WAS DOING AND TOLD HIM LEVEL OFF. AFTER SEEING HIM PASS 4000 FT I SAID MY CTLS AND STARTED TO DSND DOWN FROM 4300 FT TO MAINTAIN 4000 FT. AFTER THIS OCCURRENCE I PUT THE AUTOPLT ON AND I WAS THE PF AND THE FO THE PNF.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.