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A B727 crew, departing cos, overshot assigned altitude during an aircraft emergency. Returned to cos due to the emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 537719 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cos.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 13000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cos.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 537719 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On departure out of cos, departure cleared us to 12000 ft. At the same time we had an aircraft emergency. Dialed in 14000 ft in altitude alerter. At 13000 ft, departure control told us to hold 12000 ft. We returned to 12000 ft and went back to cos for the airplane malfunction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 CREW, DEPARTING COS, OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT DURING AN ACFT EMER. RETURNED TO COS DUE TO THE EMER.
Narrative: ON DEP OUT OF COS, DEP CLRED US TO 12000 FT. AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD AN ACFT EMER. DIALED IN 14000 FT IN ALT ALERTER. AT 13000 FT, DEP CTL TOLD US TO HOLD 12000 FT. WE RETURNED TO 12000 FT AND WENT BACK TO COS FOR THE AIRPLANE MALFUNCTION.
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.