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B737 captain distraction by hand flying aircraft and watching first officer input new route programming, overshoots assigned altitude. First officer states that he should have been watching the captain to ensure leveloff, completing tasks later.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 512020 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | intersection : wings |
| State Reference | ON |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zob.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure sid : n/s |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 512020 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot inflight encounter : weather non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action flight crew : overrode automation 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:
Leveling at 10000 ft, we missed our altitude by 400 ft. Captain was hand flying and I was programming new intercept instructions to join dxo 108 degree radial. Captain should have had the autoplt on as he was worried about flying into cumulus cloud build-ups and watching me program, when he should have been flying. I should have been watching him for the last 1000 ft of leveloff and blown off the controller until we were level. Too many priorities came together at the same time and the most important was missed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 CAPT DISTR BY HAND FLYING ACFT AND WATCHING FO INPUT NEW RTE PROGRAMMING, OVERSHOOTS ASSIGNED ALT. FO STATES THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE CAPT TO ENSURE LEVELOFF, COMPLETING TASKS LATER.
Narrative: LEVELING AT 10000 FT, WE MISSED OUR ALT BY 400 FT. CAPT WAS HAND FLYING AND I WAS PROGRAMMING NEW INTERCEPT INSTRUCTIONS TO JOIN DXO 108 DEG RADIAL. CAPT SHOULD HAVE HAD THE AUTOPLT ON AS HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT FLYING INTO CUMULUS CLOUD BUILD-UPS AND WATCHING ME PROGRAM, WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLYING. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIM FOR THE LAST 1000 FT OF LEVELOFF AND BLOWN OFF THE CTLR UNTIL WE WERE LEVEL. TOO MANY PRIORITIES CAME TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME AND THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS MISSED.
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.