Heading deviation for air carrier medium large transport.

Attributes
ACN	137542
Time
Date	199002
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : abq
State Reference	NM
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : abq tower : btv
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	137542
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departure control gave us several instructions for vectored headings and altitudes while leaving abq. We made a turn to an assigned heading prior to reaching the altitude which the turn should have started. No traffic conflict occurred. We maintained visibility sep from a company aircraft arriving into the abq area. Both of us (flight crew) missed the altitude as the workload was busier than normal due to a computer malfunctioning on the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HEADING DEVIATION FOR ACR MLG.

Narrative: DEP CTL GAVE US SEVERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR VECTORED HDGS AND ALTS WHILE LEAVING ABQ. WE MADE A TURN TO AN ASSIGNED HDG PRIOR TO REACHING THE ALT WHICH THE TURN SHOULD HAVE STARTED. NO TFC CONFLICT OCCURRED. WE MAINTAINED VIS SEP FROM A COMPANY ACFT ARRIVING INTO THE ABQ AREA. BOTH OF US (FLT CREW) MISSED THE ALT AS THE WORKLOAD WAS BUSIER THAN NORMAL DUE TO A COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONING ON THE ACFT.

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.