<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1747234, June 2020

Air carrier first officer reported experiencing an altitude overshoot during climbout while hand flying and attributed it to lack of flying.

Attributes
ACN	1747234
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

Climbed out and got task saturated while in a turn hand flying because I needed the practice; when I realized I had reached 15;000 feet I corrected the situation but overshot the altitude. Captain pointed out the deviation and I smoothly reduced power and established a descent to assigned altitude. ATC queried and gave us a higher altitude 17;000.the cause was focusing on the procedure while hand flying. Didn't notice the altitude until captain called it out.I'm a little rusty from lack of flying and have little experience hand flying the plane. I was trying to acquire some more experience; but perhaps this wasn't the best time to do it. Would have been better to use more automation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reported experiencing an altitude overshoot during climbout while hand flying and attributed it to lack of flying.

Narrative: Climbed out and got task saturated while in a turn hand flying because I needed the practice; when I realized I had reached 15;000 feet I corrected the situation but overshot the altitude. Captain pointed out the deviation and I smoothly reduced power and established a descent to assigned altitude. ATC queried and gave us a higher altitude 17;000.The cause was focusing on the procedure while hand flying. Didn't notice the altitude until Captain called it out.I'm a little rusty from lack of flying and have little experience hand flying the plane. I was trying to acquire some more experience; but perhaps this wasn't the best time to do it. Would have been better to use more automation.

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