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A320 flight crew reported they did not set altimeters correctly and ended up high on the first approach which necessitated a go-around.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1393738 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JFK.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 30000 Flight Crew Type 10000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
First officer was flying and briefed the approach to jfk for the RNAV rnp 13L. Part of the briefing included the altimeter setting from the ATIS. The captain acknowledged the altimeter setting but did not crosscheck it on the ATIS. First officer commenced approach and at final approach fix both pilots recognized that aircraft was high even though instruments showed that it was on the glide path for the rnp. Captain advised the first officer to execute a soft go-around and tower asked the reason for the go-around to which captain stated that they were too high to complete the approach. Tower gave a clearance to climb to 2;000 feet and switch back to approach control.approach control vectored aircraft back for the same approach. The controller cleared the aircraft for approach by saying 'cleared direct asalt. Maintain 3;000 or above until passing asalt; cleared for the RNAV rnp approach to runway 13L.' the captain read back the clearance; but questioned the altitude because he said he was at 2;000 feet; not 3;000 feet. The controller said he showed the aircraft at 3;000 feet and stated the altimeter setting which was 30.19. Both pilots had 29.19 set causing the aircraft to appear to be 1;000 feet lower than it actually was. The altimeters were reset and an uneventful approach and landing were accomplished. It should be noted that both pilots had been on duty for nearly 16 hours. There was no conflicting traffic in the area during the either approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 flight crew reported they did not set altimeters correctly and ended up high on the first approach which necessitated a go-around.
Narrative: First Officer was flying and briefed the approach to JFK for the RNAV RNP 13L. Part of the briefing included the altimeter setting from the ATIS. The captain acknowledged the altimeter setting but did not crosscheck it on the ATIS. First Officer commenced approach and at final approach fix both pilots recognized that aircraft was high even though instruments showed that it was on the glide path for the RNP. Captain advised the first officer to execute a soft go-around and tower asked the reason for the go-around to which captain stated that they were too high to complete the approach. Tower gave a clearance to climb to 2;000 feet and switch back to approach control.Approach control vectored aircraft back for the same approach. The controller cleared the aircraft for approach by saying 'Cleared direct Asalt. Maintain 3;000 or above until passing Asalt; cleared for the RNAV RNP approach to runway 13L.' The captain read back the clearance; but questioned the altitude because he said he was at 2;000 feet; not 3;000 feet. The controller said he showed the aircraft at 3;000 feet and stated the altimeter setting which was 30.19. Both pilots had 29.19 set causing the aircraft to appear to be 1;000 feet lower than it actually was. The altimeters were reset and an uneventful approach and landing were accomplished. It should be noted that both pilots had been on duty for nearly 16 hours. There was no conflicting traffic in the area during the either approach.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.