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First officer of a DC9-30 overshot altitude on descent due to distraction and immediately corrected back to assigned altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426974 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dqn |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 23600 msl bound upper : 24000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other enroute airway : zid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 426974 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 16500 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 426920 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Distraction during descent and descended 400 ft below leveloff altitude. Immediately returned to assigned altitude FL240.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF A DC9-30 OVERSHOT ALT ON DSCNT DUE TO DISTR AND IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED BACK TO ASSIGNED ALT.
Narrative: DISTR DURING DSCNT AND DSNDED 400 FT BELOW LEVELOFF ALT. IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO ASSIGNED ALT FL240.
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.