Captain of widebody transport set wrong altitude in MCP.

Attributes
ACN	294620
Time
Date	199501
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lfff
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 34000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dtw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : lfff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 19500 flight time type : 70
ASRS Report	294620
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Center cleared us to FL330. Captain flying set 35000 ft into the MCP altitude box. At 34000 ft caught mistake as well as paris control. New clearance was given to FL350.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF WDB SET WRONG ALT IN MCP.

Narrative: CTR CLRED US TO FL330. CAPT FLYING SET 35000 FT INTO THE MCP ALT BOX. AT 34000 FT CAUGHT MISTAKE AS WELL AS PARIS CTL. NEW CLRNC WAS GIVEN TO FL350.

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.