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Flight crew has emergency indication. Elects to return to departure airport. During descent overshot assigned altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 544522 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200204 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8700 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d01.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 78 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 78 |
| ASRS Report | 544522 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 171 |
| ASRS Report | 544523 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe altitude deviation : overshoot conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to assigned altitude |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Passing 10000 ft on departure, ECAM message showing forward cargo door open. Elected to return to den. Given descent to 9000 ft. Inadvertently descended to 8700 ft and then returned to 9000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC HAS EMER INDICATION. ELECTS TO RETURN TO DEP ARPT. DURING DSCNT OVERSHOT ASSIGNED ALT.
Narrative: PASSING 10000 FT ON DEP, ECAM MESSAGE SHOWING FORWARD CARGO DOOR OPEN. ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEN. GIVEN DSCNT TO 9000 FT. INADVERTENTLY DSNDED TO 8700 FT AND THEN RETURNED TO 9000 FT.
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.