Crj-900 flight crew reported an altitude deviation after forgetting to set their altimeter below 180...

Attributes
ACN	1511333
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Undershoot Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were at FL180 and were given a clearance to 14000 ft. We forgot to set the altimeter setting and the controller told us we were 500 ft high. We set it and then everything was normal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-900 flight crew reported an altitude deviation after forgetting to set their altimeter below 18000 feet.

Narrative: We were at FL180 and were given a clearance to 14000 ft. We forgot to set the altimeter setting and the controller told us we were 500 ft high. We set it and then everything was normal.

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.

Crj-900 flight crew reported an altitude deviation after forgetting to set their altimeter below 18000 feet.