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Return to land after an altitude overshoot mandated by an MD80 flight crew when engine vibration felt after departure from las, nv.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 550280 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200205 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : las.vortac |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7400 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : l30.tracon tower : cvg.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 550280 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 550281 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical altitude deviation : overshoot |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure Aircraft ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After takeoff from las, a heavy engine vibration occurred at leveloff. ATC directed us to an intersection that was not in our GPS database. This associated with the engine problem distraction me and the aircraft climbed 400 ft above our cleared to leveloff altitude of 7000 ft MSL. A safe return was made to las and aircraft was subsequently taken OTS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RETURN TO LAND AFTER AN ALT OVERSHOOT MANDATED BY AN MD80 FLC WHEN ENG VIBRATION FELT AFTER DEP FROM LAS, NV.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM LAS, A HVY ENG VIBRATION OCCURRED AT LEVELOFF. ATC DIRECTED US TO AN INTXN THAT WAS NOT IN OUR GPS DATABASE. THIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENG PROB DISTR ME AND THE ACFT CLBED 400 FT ABOVE OUR CLRED TO LEVELOFF ALT OF 7000 FT MSL. A SAFE RETURN WAS MADE TO LAS AND ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN OTS.
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.