<< >> NASA ASRS Report 501220, February 2001

S80 first officer on IOE activates IAS instead of autoplt altitude capture, and the altitude was overshot.

Attributes
ACN	501220
Time
Date	200102
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5300
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia.tracon
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	501220
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	501221
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : mia other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departed fll runway 9L with new first officer on IOE flying the aircraft. Received clearance to climb to 5000 ft. Approaching 5000 ft with a rapid rate of climb, autoplt on and autoplt in altitude capture mode, the new first officer pushed the IAS button which immediately canceled the 5000 ft altitude leveloff. I responded by disengaging the autoplt and autothrottles and manually taking over to stop the climb. We leveled off at 5300 ft and then descended back to 5000 ft. There were no comments from the controller nor were there any TCASII targets in our vicinity. I felt I reacted as quickly as I could but was unable to prevent the altitude overshoot. I again reiterated the importance of monitoring the FMA display and not making any inputs while in the capture mode.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S80 FO ON IOE ACTIVATES IAS INSTEAD OF AUTOPLT ALT CAPTURE, AND THE ALT WAS OVERSHOT.

Narrative: DEPARTED FLL RWY 9L WITH NEW FO ON IOE FLYING THE ACFT. RECEIVED CLRNC TO CLB TO 5000 FT. APCHING 5000 FT WITH A RAPID RATE OF CLB, AUTOPLT ON AND AUTOPLT IN ALT CAPTURE MODE, THE NEW FO PUSHED THE IAS BUTTON WHICH IMMEDIATELY CANCELED THE 5000 FT ALT LEVELOFF. I RESPONDED BY DISENGAGING THE AUTOPLT AND AUTOTHROTTLES AND MANUALLY TAKING OVER TO STOP THE CLB. WE LEVELED OFF AT 5300 FT AND THEN DSNDED BACK TO 5000 FT. THERE WERE NO COMMENTS FROM THE CTLR NOR WERE THERE ANY TCASII TARGETS IN OUR VICINITY. I FELT I REACTED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE ALT OVERSHOOT. I AGAIN REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING THE FMA DISPLAY AND NOT MAKING ANY INPUTS WHILE IN THE CAPTURE MODE.

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.