<< >> NASA ASRS Report 407250, June 1998

A descending B767-300 overshot its assigned altitude of 6000 ft. Captain had been on company call with dispatch for a diversion operation.

Attributes
ACN	407250
Time
Date	199806
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fll
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5500 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	407250
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
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:

Diverted to fll, ory, mia due to WX. I was off ATC, first officer flying. I was speaking to dispatch, when I returned to ATC 5000 ft was set. Aircraft was descending through 8000 ft. At 6000 ft I called 6000 ft for 5000 ft. At 5500 ft ATC said to maintain 6000 ft, please. We climbed back to 6000 ft and I told ATC we were cleared to 5000 ft. They said we were not. Flight continued without further problems and landed in fll.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DSNDING B767-300 OVERSHOT ITS ASSIGNED ALT OF 6000 FT. CAPT HAD BEEN ON COMPANY CALL WITH DISPATCH FOR A DIVERSION OP.

Narrative: DIVERTED TO FLL, ORY, MIA DUE TO WX. I WAS OFF ATC, FO FLYING. I WAS SPEAKING TO DISPATCH, WHEN I RETURNED TO ATC 5000 FT WAS SET. ACFT WAS DSNDING THROUGH 8000 FT. AT 6000 FT I CALLED 6000 FT FOR 5000 FT. AT 5500 FT ATC SAID TO MAINTAIN 6000 FT, PLEASE. WE CLBED BACK TO 6000 FT AND I TOLD ATC WE WERE CLRED TO 5000 FT. THEY SAID WE WERE NOT. FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBS AND LANDED IN FLL.

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.