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An air taxi captain reported flying with an aggressive and inadequate first officer who caused an altitude deviation with M98.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 518040 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mpsa.airport |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : m98.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 104 flight time total : 5621 flight time type : 43 |
| ASRS Report | 518040 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During climb out of st paul airport, departure gave us an altitude to climb to that we heard as 8000 ft. As we were climbing they asked our altitude. Copilot said, 7600 ft climbing to 8000 ft. Copilot said 'we'll go back to 7000 ft if that's where you want us.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIR TAXI CAPT RPTED FLYING WITH AN AGGRESSIVE AND INADEQUATE FO WHO CAUSED AN ALTDEV WITH M98.
Narrative: DURING CLB OUT OF ST PAUL ARPT, DEP GAVE US AN ALT TO CLB TO THAT WE HEARD AS 8000 FT. AS WE WERE CLBING THEY ASKED OUR ALT. COPLT SAID, 7600 FT CLBING TO 8000 FT. COPLT SAID 'WE'LL GO BACK TO 7000 FT IF THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT US.
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.