Clearance disputed -- altitude restr.

Attributes
ACN	295520
Time
Date	199502
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : smf
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	295520
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	295521
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation other

Narrative:

On departure climb from smf, per clearance turned right to a 210 degree heading. Out of 1000 ft continued right turn to 300 degree heading and continued our climb to FL350. Out of 3000 ft the controller asked if we forgot to level off at 2000 ft. Rechked the clearance received from smf ground -- no 2000 ft restr copied or read back. Set FL350 in altitude alerter on the ground. During our clearance receipt, several problems were going on and the cockpit workload was extremely heavy. However, clearance readback had no restr and was not corrected by the ground controller. Departure controller said no conflict occurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CLRNC DISPUTED -- ALT RESTR.

Narrative: ON DEP CLB FROM SMF, PER CLRNC TURNED R TO A 210 DEG HDG. OUT OF 1000 FT CONTINUED R TURN TO 300 DEG HDG AND CONTINUED OUR CLB TO FL350. OUT OF 3000 FT THE CTLR ASKED IF WE FORGOT TO LEVEL OFF AT 2000 FT. RECHKED THE CLRNC RECEIVED FROM SMF GND -- NO 2000 FT RESTR COPIED OR READ BACK. SET FL350 IN ALT ALERTER ON THE GND. DURING OUR CLRNC RECEIPT, SEVERAL PROBS WERE GOING ON AND THE COCKPIT WORKLOAD WAS EXTREMELY HVY. HOWEVER, CLRNC READBACK HAD NO RESTR AND WAS NOT CORRECTED BY THE GND CTLR. DEP CTLR SAID NO CONFLICT OCCURRED.

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.