Flight crew overshoots assigned altitude.

Attributes
ACN	303390
Time
Date	199504
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lrp
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
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 : intermediate altitude cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4900 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	303394
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	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:

At leveloff, PF instructed PNF to program new waypoint into his INS. PF watched PNF program INS and flew through leveloff altitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OVERSHOOTS ASSIGNED ALT.

Narrative: AT LEVELOFF, PF INSTRUCTED PNF TO PROGRAM NEW WAYPOINT INTO HIS INS. PF WATCHED PNF PROGRAM INS AND FLEW THROUGH LEVELOFF ALT.

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.