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Captain of a DC9 overshot initial approach altitude and was correcting back when approach controller cleared him for a visual approach. The first officer noticed the mistake when the controller actually cleared them for the approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 427400 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cmh |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4500 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 427400 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Prior to being cleared for visual approach, captain descended to 4500 ft when only cleared to 5000 ft. I missed the descent and only noticed once we were cleared for the visual to runway 28L. He was starting to correct back to 5000 ft when the visual approach clearance was issued.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A DC9 OVERSHOT INITIAL APCH ALT AND WAS CORRECTING BACK WHEN APCH CTLR CLRED HIM FOR A VISUAL APCH. THE FO NOTICED THE MISTAKE WHEN THE CTLR ACTUALLY CLRED THEM FOR THE APCH.
Narrative: PRIOR TO BEING CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH, CAPT DSNDED TO 4500 FT WHEN ONLY CLRED TO 5000 FT. I MISSED THE DSCNT AND ONLY NOTICED ONCE WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 28L. HE WAS STARTING TO CORRECT BACK TO 5000 FT WHEN THE VISUAL APCH CLRNC WAS ISSUED.
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.