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Medium large transport aircraft during descent overshot assigned altitude by 400 ft. Reporter captain was making a PA and distracted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 368970 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 19600 msl bound upper : 20000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zhu |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent 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 : 180 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 368970 |
| 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 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:
We just got clearance to descend from 21000 ft to 20000 ft. The first officer was flying. I began the farewell PA to passenger. We descended to 19600 ft then corrected to 20000 ft. Next time I'll do all PA's at cruise to pay more attention to flying.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG ACFT DURING DSCNT OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT BY 400 FT. RPTR CAPT WAS MAKING A PA AND DISTRACTED.
Narrative: WE JUST GOT CLRNC TO DSND FROM 21000 FT TO 20000 FT. THE FO WAS FLYING. I BEGAN THE FAREWELL PA TO PAX. WE DSNDED TO 19600 FT THEN CORRECTED TO 20000 FT. NEXT TIME I'LL DO ALL PA'S AT CRUISE TO PAY MORE ATTN TO FLYING.
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.