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Over civet on lax approach flight crew of widebody transport had TCASII TA. PF overshot 14000 descended to 13500.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 189899 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199109 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 13500 msl bound upper : 14000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lit |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star enroute airway : zla |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 0 |
| ASRS Report | 189899 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified 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:
TCASII warning of traffic conflict. We looked outside too long for the phantom traffic and went through our assigned altitude of 14000. There was no traffic, according to ATC. We never saw another airplane. We descended to 13500 before we realized the deviation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: OVER CIVET ON LAX APCH FLC OF WDB HAD TCASII TA. PF OVERSHOT 14000 DSNDED TO 13500.
Narrative: TCASII WARNING OF TFC CONFLICT. WE LOOKED OUTSIDE TOO LONG FOR THE PHANTOM TFC AND WENT THROUGH OUR ASSIGNED ALT OF 14000. THERE WAS NO TFC, ACCORDING TO ATC. WE NEVER SAW ANOTHER AIRPLANE. WE DSNDED TO 13500 BEFORE WE REALIZED THE DEV.
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.