Flight crew failed to reset MCP after a power failure and overshot altitude during SID from slc.

Attributes
ACN	160280
Time
Date	199010
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc
State Reference	UT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 4500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : slc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 24000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	160280
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

10/90 slc-pdx total preflight cockpit checklist had been completed. We had the departure information and our IFR clearance to pdx. We were cleared to 8000' (standard slc departure). All required items had been entered into the MCP correctly and verified. When we swapped power from the ground to the APU, a total power failure occurred. MCP reverted to 200 KTS, 0 degrees, 10000'. We caught 2 of the 3 somewhere before we took the runway for takeoff. First officer was flying and he properly briefed the departure path and altitude verbally upon taking the runway. Neither of us had caught the altitude window still showing 1000'. We were in excess of 9000' when departure control called. Had the MCP altitude window failed to 0' instead of 10000, we would have caught it easily on takeoff. 1000' is not a standard departure altitude at all airports. This was the last leg of a 13 hours duty day. We had already been on duty 10 hours, 48 mins. Fatigue was probably a factor in that we had gone through 3 check rides, one after another, on the same day!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW FAILED TO RESET MCP AFTER A POWER FAILURE AND OVERSHOT ALT DURING SID FROM SLC.

Narrative: 10/90 SLC-PDX TOTAL PREFLT COCKPIT CHKLIST HAD BEEN COMPLETED. WE HAD THE DEP INFO AND OUR IFR CLRNC TO PDX. WE WERE CLRED TO 8000' (STANDARD SLC DEP). ALL REQUIRED ITEMS HAD BEEN ENTERED INTO THE MCP CORRECTLY AND VERIFIED. WHEN WE SWAPPED PWR FROM THE GND TO THE APU, A TOTAL PWR FAILURE OCCURRED. MCP REVERTED TO 200 KTS, 0 DEGS, 10000'. WE CAUGHT 2 OF THE 3 SOMEWHERE BEFORE WE TOOK THE RWY FOR TKOF. F/O WAS FLYING AND HE PROPERLY BRIEFED THE DEP PATH AND ALT VERBALLY UPON TAKING THE RWY. NEITHER OF US HAD CAUGHT THE ALT WINDOW STILL SHOWING 1000'. WE WERE IN EXCESS OF 9000' WHEN DEP CTL CALLED. HAD THE MCP ALT WINDOW FAILED TO 0' INSTEAD OF 10000, WE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT EASILY ON TKOF. 1000' IS NOT A STANDARD DEP ALT AT ALL ARPTS. THIS WAS THE LAST LEG OF A 13 HRS DUTY DAY. WE HAD ALREADY BEEN ON DUTY 10 HRS, 48 MINS. FATIGUE WAS PROBABLY A FACTOR IN THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH 3 CHK RIDES, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, ON THE SAME DAY!

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.