A RA390 overshot the assigned departure altitude by 1;200 ft because the altitude capture was someho...

Attributes
ACN	925987
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Premier 1
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Altitude Hold/Capture
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 2000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

[I] landed at my destination to pickup passengers. On taxi in I received my out-bound clearance; 'cleared as filed; 2;000 ft; 125.35 departure frequency; squawk XXXX.' set up radios and altitude (2;000 ft) in altitude alerter. Left aircraft to pay landing fees; and wait for passengers. [I] loaded passengers and bags. [We] departed the runway; right turn to 350 degrees. Autopilot on; climbing fast; realized aircraft was not going to level at 2;000 ft; realized altitude select had been moved! It was at 3;800 ft! Pushed nose over hard but we still went through our altitude by 1;200 ft. Either I bumped it or my passenger bumped it on setting into our seats. Not sure how it was moved.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A RA390 overshot the assigned departure altitude by 1;200 FT because the altitude capture was somehow changed from 2;000 FT to 3;800 FT.

Narrative: [I] landed at my destination to pickup passengers. On taxi in I received my out-bound clearance; 'cleared as filed; 2;000 FT; 125.35 Departure frequency; squawk XXXX.' Set up radios and altitude (2;000 FT) in altitude alerter. Left aircraft to pay landing fees; and wait for passengers. [I] loaded passengers and bags. [We] departed the runway; right turn to 350 degrees. Autopilot on; climbing fast; realized aircraft was not going to level at 2;000 FT; realized altitude select had been moved! It was at 3;800 FT! Pushed nose over hard but we still went through our altitude by 1;200 FT. Either I bumped it or my passenger bumped it on setting into our seats. Not sure how it was moved.

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.

A RA390 overshot the assigned departure altitude by 1;200 ft because the altitude capture was somehow changed from 2;000 ft to 3;800 ft.