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During a descent near den an altitude overshoot occurs when the crew was distracted by a WX reroute and attention to FMS programming.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 520870 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200108 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 18300 msl bound upper : 19000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : day.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 520870 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance |
| 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:
40 mi northwest den assigned descent to FL190. Captain was PF and descended to FL183 before climbing to FL190. First officer was PNF and was programming CDU for arrival change due to WX (sct cu) in den area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING A DSCNT NEAR DEN AN ALT OVERSHOOT OCCURS WHEN THE CREW WAS DISTRACTED BY A WX REROUTE AND ATTN TO FMS PROGRAMMING.
Narrative: 40 MI NW DEN ASSIGNED DSCNT TO FL190. CAPT WAS PF AND DSNDED TO FL183 BEFORE CLBING TO FL190. FO WAS PNF AND WAS PROGRAMMING CDU FOR ARR CHANGE DUE TO WX (SCT CU) IN DEN AREA.
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.