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MD80 flight crew overshot their altitude while scanning aircraft WX radar. Text implies a flight crew failure to utilize their autoplt on the leveloff. First officer cites rain and turbulence as causative.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 369910 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pll |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 13000 msl bound upper : 13300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | departure other enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 369910 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 369911 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
ATC facility: ord departure. Location: 20 mi east pll. Leveloff 13000 ft, and we hit some turbulence, hard rain. Leveled off at 13300 ft. Descended back to 13000 ft with no complaint from ATC. Supplemental information from acn 369911: we were distraction by the radar screen while observing thunderstorms and climbed to 13300 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 FLC OVERSHOT THEIR ALT WHILE SCANNING ACFT WX RADAR. TEXT IMPLIES A FLC FAILURE TO UTILIZE THEIR AUTOPLT ON THE LEVELOFF. FO CITES RAIN AND TURB AS CAUSATIVE.
Narrative: ATC FACILITY: ORD DEP. LOCATION: 20 MI E PLL. LEVELOFF 13000 FT, AND WE HIT SOME TURB, HARD RAIN. LEVELED OFF AT 13300 FT. DSNDED BACK TO 13000 FT WITH NO COMPLAINT FROM ATC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 369911: WE WERE DISTR BY THE RADAR SCREEN WHILE OBSERVING TSTMS AND CLBED TO 13300 FT.
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.