<< >> NASA ASRS Report 342730, July 1996

Acknowledge clearance to 8000 ft. Leaving 7500 ft controller advised only cleared to 7000 ft, now maintain 9000 ft. BE02.

Attributes
ACN	342730
Time
Date	199607
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90 tower : lga
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 115 flight time total : 8000
ASRS Report	342730
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	343017
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Controller cleared us to 8000 ft. Climbed to 8000 ft, both captain and first officer heard and repeated 8000 ft and entered in altitude alerter. Upon level off controller then said he had cleared us to only 7000 ft but we were now cleared to 9000 ft. Captain radioed back that he had read back 8000 ft. No conflict noted on TCASII. No further response from controller.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACKNOWLEDGE CLRNC TO 8000 FT. LEAVING 7500 FT CTLR ADVISED ONLY CLRED TO 7000 FT, NOW MAINTAIN 9000 FT. BE02.

Narrative: CTLR CLRED US TO 8000 FT. CLBED TO 8000 FT, BOTH CAPT AND FO HEARD AND REPEATED 8000 FT AND ENTERED IN ALT ALERTER. UPON LEVEL OFF CTLR THEN SAID HE HAD CLRED US TO ONLY 7000 FT BUT WE WERE NOW CLRED TO 9000 FT. CAPT RADIOED BACK THAT HE HAD READ BACK 8000 FT. NO CONFLICT NOTED ON TCASII. NO FURTHER RESPONSE FROM CTLR.

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.