A320 flight crew late in complying with climb from SID altitude constraint.

Attributes
ACN	612730
Time
Date	200403
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oak.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : nct.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
Route In Use	departure sid : oak
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	612730
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 243 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 2365
ASRS Report	612729
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to original clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flying the oak 5 departure, I failed to continue climb from the 4 DME 2000 ft restr to our assigned altitude of 15000 ft. The delay of climb occurred because I became distraction. I was hand-flying the airplane and never quite reached 2000 ft. The airplane's (autothrust) response was to increase power which caused the speed to increase past what was selected. During my fixation on this, I flew past the 4 DME fix without resuming the climb. Supplemental information from acn 612729: on many previous departures from oak the controller usually assigns climb to 15000 ft unrestr. Anticipating this to happen, which did not, our flight directors commanded the preplanned climb to 15000 ft. Not hearing the controller assign the usual climb directions, I pushed the leveloff button as to have the flight directors and PF leveloff at 2000 ft. This additional distraction delayed our climb for approximately 2 mins.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 FLT CREW LATE IN COMPLYING WITH CLB FROM SID ALT CONSTRAINT.

Narrative: FLYING THE OAK 5 DEP, I FAILED TO CONTINUE CLB FROM THE 4 DME 2000 FT RESTR TO OUR ASSIGNED ALT OF 15000 FT. THE DELAY OF CLB OCCURRED BECAUSE I BECAME DISTR. I WAS HAND-FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND NEVER QUITE REACHED 2000 FT. THE AIRPLANE'S (AUTOTHRUST) RESPONSE WAS TO INCREASE PWR WHICH CAUSED THE SPD TO INCREASE PAST WHAT WAS SELECTED. DURING MY FIXATION ON THIS, I FLEW PAST THE 4 DME FIX WITHOUT RESUMING THE CLB. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 612729: ON MANY PREVIOUS DEPS FROM OAK THE CTLR USUALLY ASSIGNS CLB TO 15000 FT UNRESTR. ANTICIPATING THIS TO HAPPEN, WHICH DID NOT, OUR FLT DIRECTORS COMMANDED THE PREPLANNED CLB TO 15000 FT. NOT HEARING THE CTLR ASSIGN THE USUAL CLB DIRECTIONS, I PUSHED THE LEVELOFF BUTTON AS TO HAVE THE FLT DIRECTORS AND PF LEVELOFF AT 2000 FT. THIS ADDITIONAL DISTR DELAYED OUR CLB FOR APPROX 2 MINS.

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.