Narrative:

Like almost all of these sits there are multiple things that caused the problem. Not familiar with aircraft, had been flying airplane with automatic altitude capture, this airplane was not equipped. Center had changed our altitude clearance from FL350 to FL310 to FL330 to FL310 again within preceding 10 min. I left the cockpit to go to the back out of about 30000 ft to get some charts for our destination that were left on the back seat. The sic was flying. As I came back to the cockpit the sic was having a conversation with center about our clearance of FL310 or FL330. We then descended to FL310.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CORP ACFT HAS ALT DEV DUE TO MULTIPLE ALT CHANGES.

Narrative: LIKE ALMOST ALL OF THESE SITS THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT CAUSED THE PROB. NOT FAMILIAR WITH ACFT, HAD BEEN FLYING AIRPLANE WITH AUTO ALT CAPTURE, THIS AIRPLANE WAS NOT EQUIPPED. CTR HAD CHANGED OUR ALT CLRNC FROM FL350 TO FL310 TO FL330 TO FL310 AGAIN WITHIN PRECEDING 10 MIN. I LEFT THE COCKPIT TO GO TO THE BACK OUT OF ABOUT 30000 FT TO GET SOME CHARTS FOR OUR DEST THAT WERE LEFT ON THE BACK SEAT. THE SIC WAS FLYING. AS I CAME BACK TO THE COCKPIT THE SIC WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH CTR ABOUT OUR CLRNC OF FL310 OR FL330. WE THEN DSNDED TO FL310.

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.