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A widebody aircraft departing shanghai leveled above their cleared flight level due to a late altitude change and some confusion related to metric flight level conversions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 943520 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201104 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZSHA.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 88 Flight Crew Total 4600 Flight Crew Type 648 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 2800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
Shanghai control directed us to climb to 8;900 meters. Passing through 8;000 meters; shanghai control requested us to stop climb at 8;100 meters. Aircraft overshot flight level assignment and leveled at 8;250 meters. Shanghai control questioned our altitude while the flying pilot intervened and descended to 8;100 meters.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A widebody aircraft departing Shanghai leveled above their cleared flight level due to a late altitude change and some confusion related to metric flight level conversions.
Narrative: Shanghai Control directed us to climb to 8;900 meters. Passing through 8;000 meters; Shanghai Control requested us to stop climb at 8;100 meters. Aircraft overshot flight level assignment and leveled at 8;250 meters. Shanghai Control questioned our altitude while the flying pilot intervened and descended to 8;100 meters.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.