An first officer overshoots assigned altitude by 700 ft when the captain is distracted with other ta...

Attributes
ACN	521200
Time
Date	200107
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem.airport
State Reference	TN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Convair Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	521200
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude flight crew : returned to original clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer flying, departure control cleared us to 3000 ft. I (captain) was distracted in cockpit. First officer climbed to 3700 ft before I noticed. Descended back to 3000 ft advised ATC when asked.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN FO OVERSHOOTS ASSIGNED ALT BY 700 FT WHEN THE CAPT IS DISTRACTED WITH OTHER TASKS.

Narrative: FO FLYING, DEP CTL CLRED US TO 3000 FT. I (CAPT) WAS DISTRACTED IN COCKPIT. FO CLBED TO 3700 FT BEFORE I NOTICED. DSNDED BACK TO 3000 FT ADVISED ATC WHEN ASKED.

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.

An first officer overshoots assigned altitude by 700 ft when the captain is distracted with other tasks.