<< >> NASA ASRS Report 470600, April 2000

An MD82 flight crew overshoots their assigned altitude. First officer was not using autoplt in turbulence and captain wasn't monitoring. ZKC, mo.

Attributes
ACN	470600
Time
Date	200004
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mci.airport
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : ns.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	470600
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot inflight encounter : turbulence non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment : altitude alert other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer flying. During leveloff, went through 15000 ft to 15500 ft. Correction made. No conflict with other traffic. Lack of autoplt use noted. Aircraft in turbulence air. Captain caught altitude deviation as altitude alert went off. No major distrs in cockpit at time. Cause: first officer inattn to leveloff altitude, captain not supervising enough.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD82 FLC OVERSHOOTS THEIR ASSIGNED ALT. FO WAS NOT USING AUTOPLT IN TURB AND CAPT WASN'T MONITORING. ZKC, MO.

Narrative: FO FLYING. DURING LEVELOFF, WENT THROUGH 15000 FT TO 15500 FT. CORRECTION MADE. NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER TFC. LACK OF AUTOPLT USE NOTED. ACFT IN TURB AIR. CAPT CAUGHT ALTDEV AS ALT ALERT WENT OFF. NO MAJOR DISTRS IN COCKPIT AT TIME. CAUSE: FO INATTN TO LEVELOFF ALT, CAPT NOT SUPERVISING ENOUGH.

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.