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A lear 35, departing mdw with snow and ice on runway, experienced gear door not fully closed warning. While checking for wing ice, exceeded assigned altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 425670 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mdw |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Learjet 35 |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 6500 |
| ASRS Report | 425670 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On the midway 4 departure with a clearance to climb to 3000 ft, I inadvertently climbed through 3000 ft to approximately 3400 ft. I was distraction at the time looking outside the aircraft to see if we were building ice. When I looked up, we had passed 3000 ft, and departure was issuing a climb to FL230. No conflict was reported to me. Since the runway was contaminated, I had left the gear down in the initial climb to clear the snow. On retraction, the gear doors did not fully close initially, and I was distraction by this as well, just at the time I would have been decreasing my climb rate for leveloff. I checked the left wing to see if a heavy accumulation of ice might have affected gear retraction. When I returned to the instruments, I had exceeded 3000 ft, but at that moment we were cleared to FL230, gear doors showed closed, and the remainder of the flight was normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A LEAR 35, DEPARTING MDW WITH SNOW AND ICE ON RWY, EXPERIENCED GEAR DOOR NOT FULLY CLOSED WARNING. WHILE CHKING FOR WING ICE, EXCEEDED ASSIGNED ALT.
Narrative: ON THE MIDWAY 4 DEP WITH A CLRNC TO CLB TO 3000 FT, I INADVERTENTLY CLBED THROUGH 3000 FT TO APPROX 3400 FT. I WAS DISTR AT THE TIME LOOKING OUTSIDE THE ACFT TO SEE IF WE WERE BUILDING ICE. WHEN I LOOKED UP, WE HAD PASSED 3000 FT, AND DEP WAS ISSUING A CLB TO FL230. NO CONFLICT WAS RPTED TO ME. SINCE THE RWY WAS CONTAMINATED, I HAD LEFT THE GEAR DOWN IN THE INITIAL CLB TO CLR THE SNOW. ON RETRACTION, THE GEAR DOORS DID NOT FULLY CLOSE INITIALLY, AND I WAS DISTR BY THIS AS WELL, JUST AT THE TIME I WOULD HAVE BEEN DECREASING MY CLB RATE FOR LEVELOFF. I CHKED THE L WING TO SEE IF A HVY ACCUMULATION OF ICE MIGHT HAVE AFFECTED GEAR RETRACTION. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE INSTS, I HAD EXCEEDED 3000 FT, BUT AT THAT MOMENT WE WERE CLRED TO FL230, GEAR DOORS SHOWED CLOSED, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT WAS NORMAL.
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.