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Commuter airline flight crew misset altitude alerter and climbed through assigned altitude. Altitude deviation altitude overshot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 320460 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199511 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bis |
| State Reference | ND |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bis |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 5020 flight time type : 3300 |
| ASRS Report | 320460 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Busted altitude on climb out from bis. First officer picked up clearance from ground control prior to my arrival in the cockpit. On pretkof checks the first officer read the clearance he picked up except he set 8000 ft into the altitude alerter instead of 7000 ft, which we were cleared to. We climbed out and were queried by departure climbing through 7800 ft. We immediately requested a clearance for 8000 ft, which we received. I feel partially to blame because we were headed east and climbing to an even altitude. My first officer responded, when I asked him why he had set in 8000 ft, that he just plain made a mistake and doesn't know why.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMMUTER AIRLINE FLC MISSET ALT ALERTER AND CLBED THROUGH ASSIGNED ALT. ALT DEV ALT OVERSHOT.
Narrative: BUSTED ALT ON CLBOUT FROM BIS. FO PICKED UP CLRNC FROM GND CTL PRIOR TO MY ARR IN THE COCKPIT. ON PRETKOF CHKS THE FO READ THE CLRNC HE PICKED UP EXCEPT HE SET 8000 FT INTO THE ALT ALERTER INSTEAD OF 7000 FT, WHICH WE WERE CLRED TO. WE CLBED OUT AND WERE QUERIED BY DEP CLBING THROUGH 7800 FT. WE IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED A CLRNC FOR 8000 FT, WHICH WE RECEIVED. I FEEL PARTIALLY TO BLAME BECAUSE WE WERE HEADED E AND CLBING TO AN EVEN ALT. MY FO RESPONDED, WHEN I ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD SET IN 8000 FT, THAT HE JUST PLAIN MADE A MISTAKE AND DOESN'T KNOW WHY.
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.