Small transport FAA aircraft on NAVAID inspection flight, overshot assigned altitude by 1000 ft.

Attributes
ACN	348850
Time
Date	199610
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sav airport : svn
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 11000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ont
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zjx
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	348850
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During climb out while attempting to program garmin GPS we overshot level off altitude by 1000 ft (level off assigned altitude 10000 ft). Autoplt was programmed for automatic climb and level off but failed to capture the selected altitude 10000 ft. The deviation was detected by the crew an instant before the controller commented and corrective action initiated without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT FAA ACFT ON NAVAID INSPECTION FLT, OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT BY 1000 FT.

Narrative: DURING CLBOUT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PROGRAM GARMIN GPS WE OVERSHOT LEVEL OFF ALT BY 1000 FT (LEVEL OFF ASSIGNED ALT 10000 FT). AUTOPLT WAS PROGRAMMED FOR AUTO CLB AND LEVEL OFF BUT FAILED TO CAPTURE THE SELECTED ALT 10000 FT. THE DEV WAS DETECTED BY THE CREW AN INSTANT BEFORE THE CTLR COMMENTED AND CORRECTIVE ACTION INITIATED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.