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PF of medium large transport has insect fly into his eyes just prior to leveloff altitude during descent. Descent below assigned.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 403610 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4650 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 6500 |
| ASRS Report | 403610 |
| 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 flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Loss of 350 ft (from initial approach altitude of 5000 ft). Some sort of insect flew from inside windshield into my eyes while 'hand flying' runway 26R ILS approach, descending to 5000 ft. Finally killed insect but blew through the 5000 ft mark. Next time I'll put aircraft on autoplt and level, then attack the intruder.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PF OF MLG HAS INSECT FLY INTO HIS EYES JUST PRIOR TO LEVELOFF ALT DURING DSCNT. DSCNT BELOW ASSIGNED.
Narrative: LOSS OF 350 FT (FROM INITIAL APCH ALT OF 5000 FT). SOME SORT OF INSECT FLEW FROM INSIDE WINDSHIELD INTO MY EYES WHILE 'HAND FLYING' RWY 26R ILS APCH, DSNDING TO 5000 FT. FINALLY KILLED INSECT BUT BLEW THROUGH THE 5000 FT MARK. NEXT TIME I'LL PUT ACFT ON AUTOPLT AND LEVEL, THEN ATTACK THE INTRUDER.
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.