Narrative:

I departure fll runway 27 on my assigned heading of 270 degrees and an assigned altitude of 3000 ft. Departure control gave clearance to turn 350 degrees heading; climb to 5000 ft; and intercept FLL9 departure arkes transition. After the turn was established; the first officer armed LNAV. LNAV captured and a turn west of 350 degrees was commanded. While approaching 5000 ft; the first officer was resetting FMS; and I (overshot) climbed above the assigned altitude by 400 ft. I then lowered the nose and returned to 5000 ft. There was no traffic conflict. I engaged the autoplt to reduce the workload. The main problem with this occurrence was that fact that I was mentally preoccupied with the financial state of the airline community and my air carrier; and retirement pension reform. If I had engaged the autoplt sooner; the overshoot would not have occurred. There had been much discussion that morning on the news and with other crew members and I should have been more aware of my degraded performance. I do not think there is any way to prevent preoccupation. Supplemental information from acn 672108: during hand flown climb; crew was distracted by FMS anomaly due to parallel heading assigned to transition.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISTRACTED BY FMC PROGRAMMING DIFFICULTY AND PREOCCUPIED WITH PERSONAL ISSUES REGARDING THE FINANCIAL STATE OF THEIR ACR; FLT CREW OF A B767 OVERSHOT CLRED ALT ON DEP FROM FLL.

Narrative: I DEP FLL RWY 27 ON MY ASSIGNED HDG OF 270 DEGS AND AN ASSIGNED ALT OF 3000 FT. DEP CTL GAVE CLRNC TO TURN 350 DEGS HDG; CLB TO 5000 FT; AND INTERCEPT FLL9 DEP ARKES TRANSITION. AFTER THE TURN WAS ESTABLISHED; THE FO ARMED LNAV. LNAV CAPTURED AND A TURN W OF 350 DEGS WAS COMMANDED. WHILE APCHING 5000 FT; THE FO WAS RESETTING FMS; AND I (OVERSHOT) CLBED ABOVE THE ASSIGNED ALT BY 400 FT. I THEN LOWERED THE NOSE AND RETURNED TO 5000 FT. THERE WAS NO TFC CONFLICT. I ENGAGED THE AUTOPLT TO REDUCE THE WORKLOAD. THE MAIN PROB WITH THIS OCCURRENCE WAS THAT FACT THAT I WAS MENTALLY PREOCCUPIED WITH THE FINANCIAL STATE OF THE AIRLINE COMMUNITY AND MY ACR; AND RETIREMENT PENSION REFORM. IF I HAD ENGAGED THE AUTOPLT SOONER; THE OVERSHOOT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. THERE HAD BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION THAT MORNING ON THE NEWS AND WITH OTHER CREW MEMBERS AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWARE OF MY DEGRADED PERFORMANCE. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANY WAY TO PREVENT PREOCCUPATION. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 672108: DURING HAND FLOWN CLB; CREW WAS DISTRACTED BY FMS ANOMALY DUE TO PARALLEL HDG ASSIGNED TO TRANSITION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.