Flight crew of an widebody transport overshot descent altitude.

Attributes
ACN	304125
Time
Date	199505
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mks
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 27700 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	304125
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:

Captain started descent to 33000 ft failed to level off while I was occupied with other duties. Standard (air carrier) sopa callouts '2000 ft to go,' '1000 ft to go' were made. I failed to see problem until we were at 27700 ft, at which time I called 'altitude' and the captain climbed up to assigned altitude. Throughout trip captain was complacent, poor radio discipline. Due to retire in 2 yrs. Flight lax-dtw. 50 mi from mkc.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN WDB OVERSHOT DSCNT ALT.

Narrative: CAPT STARTED DSCNT TO 33000 FT FAILED TO LEVEL OFF WHILE I WAS OCCUPIED WITH OTHER DUTIES. STANDARD (ACR) SOPA CALLOUTS '2000 FT TO GO,' '1000 FT TO GO' WERE MADE. I FAILED TO SEE PROB UNTIL WE WERE AT 27700 FT, AT WHICH TIME I CALLED 'ALT' AND THE CAPT CLBED UP TO ASSIGNED ALT. THROUGHOUT TRIP CAPT WAS COMPLACENT, POOR RADIO DISCIPLINE. DUE TO RETIRE IN 2 YRS. FLT LAX-DTW. 50 MI FROM MKC.

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.