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An air carrier flight crew flying an A300 near egll reports becoming distraction because of WX and other factors resulting in an altitude undershoot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 478420 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200007 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : egll.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : egll.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 478420 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to original clearance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Lhr-ewr on departure twice leveled off too early. Believe due to WX deviation, numerous intermediate leveloffs and lhr altitude 992 millibars.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING AN A300 NEAR EGLL RPTS BECOMING DISTR BECAUSE OF WX AND OTHER FACTORS RESULTING IN AN ALT UNDERSHOOT.
Narrative: LHR-EWR ON DEP TWICE LEVELED OFF TOO EARLY. BELIEVE DUE TO WX DEV, NUMEROUS INTERMEDIATE LEVELOFFS AND LHR ALT 992 MILLIBARS.
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.