<< >> NASA ASRS Report 390910, January 1998

First officer of an FK10, overshot assigned altitude on departure and immediately corrected back. ATC also intervened to remind reporter of his assigned altitude.

Attributes
ACN	390910
Time
Date	199801
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5300
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ord artcc : zlc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	390910
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Initial climb clearance after takeoff was to 5000 ft. While visually scanning for traffic PF flew slightly above 5000 ft reaching 5280 ft on first officer's altimeter and 5300 ft on captain's altimeter. While returning to 5000 ft departure control called and asked us to maintain 5000 ft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF AN FK10, OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT ON DEP AND IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED BACK. ATC ALSO INTERVENED TO REMIND RPTR OF HIS ASSIGNED ALT.

Narrative: INITIAL CLB CLRNC AFTER TKOF WAS TO 5000 FT. WHILE VISUALLY SCANNING FOR TFC PF FLEW SLIGHTLY ABOVE 5000 FT REACHING 5280 FT ON FO'S ALTIMETER AND 5300 FT ON CAPT'S ALTIMETER. WHILE RETURNING TO 5000 FT DEP CTL CALLED AND ASKED US TO MAINTAIN 5000 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.