Flight crew of air carrier large transport aircraft overshot altitude during initial climb.

Attributes
ACN	211600
Time
Date	199206
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pbi
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pbi
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	211600
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Taking off out of pbi. I read back 7000 ft 250 KTS. Departure again gave me the whole clearance. We went through procedures (everything happening at once) when I hit 'climb 2' button computer did not switch over and remained at takeoff power. First officer thought autothrottles were malfunctioning. We were climbing like a rocket because we were very light (pbi-mco). I called 1000 ft to go but first officer was distraction and when I repeated 7000 ft, he pushed over we ballooned to 7500 ft which departure brought to our attention. This was a problem aggravated by another change of procedure, a non-standard departure and a flight system that was causing us more problems than it was 'lightening our workload.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF ACR LGT ACFT OVERSHOT ALT DURING INITIAL CLB.

Narrative: TAKING OFF OUT OF PBI. I READ BACK 7000 FT 250 KTS. DEP AGAIN GAVE ME THE WHOLE CLRNC. WE WENT THROUGH PROCS (EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT ONCE) WHEN I HIT 'CLB 2' BUTTON COMPUTER DID NOT SWITCH OVER AND REMAINED AT TKOF PWR. FO THOUGHT AUTOTHROTTLES WERE MALFUNCTIONING. WE WERE CLBING LIKE A ROCKET BECAUSE WE WERE VERY LIGHT (PBI-MCO). I CALLED 1000 FT TO GO BUT FO WAS DISTR AND WHEN I REPEATED 7000 FT, HE PUSHED OVER WE BALLOONED TO 7500 FT WHICH DEP BROUGHT TO OUR ATTN. THIS WAS A PROBLEM AGGRAVATED BY ANOTHER CHANGE OF PROC, A NON-STANDARD DEP AND A FLT SYS THAT WAS CAUSING US MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT WAS 'LIGHTENING OUR WORKLOAD.'

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.