First officer and relief pilot of a B747-400 on a long range flight had to intervene when the captai...

Attributes
ACN	845226
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	OMDB.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B747-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 5500
Person 2
Function	Relief Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 115 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 3100
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Shortly after takeoff with the captain flying the airplane manually we received a clearance to turn left heading 260. I set the MCP panel and was taking care of the next ATC clearance on the FMC which was to accelerate to 300KTS or more when I noticed he was still in a 25 degree left bank way past the cleared heading. He started a right turn to heading 260 after I called it out. As I went down to the FMC to finish the task of canceling the speed limit I noticed he was descending at about 1500 FPM; he did not take corrective action after I called out 'you are descending' and the other first officer sitting on the jump seat called 'altitude' so I reached the lower part of the control column and applied back pressure to make sure we are climbing and I suggested to use the auto pilot which was denied; when I went down to the FMC to eventually take care of the speed and the way point we were cleared direct to; I noticed he is descending again ( from 3000 to 2700 feet at about 1500fpm )and we are overshooting the flap speed. I pulled the nose up again for climb and selected flaps up and called for auto pilot activation the second time; which was denied again. Basically we overshot the cleared heading; descended twice during initial climb and over sped the flaps. Had we used the auto pilot; none of this would have happened.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: First Officer and Relief Pilot of a B747-400 on a long range flight had to intervene when the Captain was not responsive to their calls regarding course and altitude deviations.

Narrative: Shortly after takeoff with the Captain flying the airplane manually we received a clearance to turn left heading 260. I set the MCP panel and was taking care of the next ATC clearance on the FMC which was to accelerate to 300KTS or more when I noticed he was still in a 25 degree left bank way past the cleared heading. He started a right turn to heading 260 after I called it out. As I went down to the FMC to finish the task of canceling the speed limit I noticed he was descending at about 1500 FPM; He did not take corrective action after I called out 'you are Descending' and the other First Officer sitting on the Jump seat called 'Altitude' so I reached the lower part of the control column and applied back pressure to make sure we are climbing and I suggested to use the Auto Pilot which was denied; when I went down to the FMC to eventually take care of the speed and the way point we were cleared direct to; I noticed he is descending again ( From 3000 to 2700 feet at about 1500fpm )and we are overshooting the flap speed. I pulled the nose up again for climb and selected flaps up and called for Auto Pilot activation the second time; which was denied again. Basically we overshot the cleared heading; descended twice during initial climb and over sped the flaps. Had we used the Auto Pilot; none of this would have happened.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

First officer and relief pilot of a B747-400 on a long range flight had to intervene when the captain was not responsive to their calls regarding course and altitude deviations.