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B737 flight crew reports overshoot during level off while hand flying. Pending furlough of first officer is topic of discussion during climb.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 795881 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : rzs.vortac |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 32000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 795881 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 9045 flight time type : 345 |
| ASRS Report | 795885 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert flight crew : returned to assigned altitude |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
First officer was hand flying to practice his instrument scan for a job interview. I was distraction looking up a frequency for his NAVAID and wasn't watching the leveloff. We were instructed to level at FL320 in the clearance but we went through FL320 to approximately FL324 before it was caught by ourselves and ATC. We promptly descended to FL320 and no conflict resulted. These are trying times with many distrs. My first officer is about to be furloughed and he is worried about providing for his family creating a hugh distraction in the cockpit. Supplemental information from acn 795885: I was flying the aircraft with autoplt off and with no flight director. We were cleared to FL320 and I did not level the aircraft and flew up to FL324. While we were correcting back to our cleared altitude ATC questioned us and again cleared us to FL320. At no time was the aircraft in close proximity to another aircraft. During the climb out above FL180 the captain and myself engaged in conversation about the drawdown of the fleet. We talked about his future and my furlough.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 FLT CREW REPORTS OVERSHOOT DURING LEVEL OFF WHILE HAND FLYING. PENDING FURLOUGH OF FO IS TOPIC OF DISCUSSION DURING CLIMB.
Narrative: FO WAS HAND FLYING TO PRACTICE HIS INST SCAN FOR A JOB INTERVIEW. I WAS DISTR LOOKING UP A FREQ FOR HIS NAVAID AND WASN'T WATCHING THE LEVELOFF. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO LEVEL AT FL320 IN THE CLRNC BUT WE WENT THROUGH FL320 TO APPROX FL324 BEFORE IT WAS CAUGHT BY OURSELVES AND ATC. WE PROMPTLY DSNDED TO FL320 AND NO CONFLICT RESULTED. THESE ARE TRYING TIMES WITH MANY DISTRS. MY FO IS ABOUT TO BE FURLOUGHED AND HE IS WORRIED ABOUT PROVIDING FOR HIS FAMILY CREATING A HUGH DISTR IN THE COCKPIT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 795885: I WAS FLYING THE ACFT WITH AUTOPLT OFF AND WITH NO FLT DIRECTOR. WE WERE CLRED TO FL320 AND I DID NOT LEVEL THE ACFT AND FLEW UP TO FL324. WHILE WE WERE CORRECTING BACK TO OUR CLRED ALT ATC QUESTIONED US AND AGAIN CLRED US TO FL320. AT NO TIME WAS THE ACFT IN CLOSE PROX TO ANOTHER ACFT. DURING THE CLBOUT ABOVE FL180 THE CAPT AND MYSELF ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DRAWDOWN OF THE FLEET. WE TALKED ABOUT HIS FUTURE AND MY FURLOUGH.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.