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An EMB120 flight crew overshot their assigned altitude in climb when the captain's flight director fails to indicate an altitude capture for leveloff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 422710 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ric |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Route In Use | departure other enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 422710 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe altitude deviation : overshoot other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
We were assigned 6000 ft. We put 6000 ft in the altitude alerter and the flight director did not capture the altitude and the captain followed the flight director to 6700 ft before he realized the deviation. I was distracted running checklists and normal EMB120 first officer duties (it's an extremely busy seat).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN EMB120 FLC OVERSHOT THEIR ASSIGNED ALT IN CLB WHEN THE CAPT'S FLT DIRECTOR FAILS TO INDICATE AN ALT CAPTURE FOR LEVELOFF.
Narrative: WE WERE ASSIGNED 6000 FT. WE PUT 6000 FT IN THE ALT ALERTER AND THE FLT DIRECTOR DID NOT CAPTURE THE ALT AND THE CAPT FOLLOWED THE FLT DIRECTOR TO 6700 FT BEFORE HE REALIZED THE DEV. I WAS DISTRACTED RUNNING CHKLISTS AND NORMAL EMB120 FO DUTIES (IT'S AN EXTREMELY BUSY SEAT).
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.