Flight crew descends to MSA for no apparent reason.

Attributes
ACN	445072
Time
Date	199907
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bgr.airport
State Reference	ME
Altitude	msl single value : 7500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zbw.artcc
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	B707 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 125
Flight Phase	cruise : enroute altitude change
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 28500 flight time type : 4500
ASRS Report	445072
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 17 flight time total : 3631 flight time type : 106
ASRS Report	444822
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight over island slightly over 1000 ft AGL.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC DSNDS TO MSA FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

Narrative: FLT OVER ISLAND SLIGHTLY OVER 1000 FT AGL.

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.