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Air carrier captain failed to set the altitude alerter in a timely fashion, then transmitted the wrong assigned altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 296960 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199502 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : hou |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors enroute airway : hou |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 296960 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Approach control gave altitude assignment to 4000 ft followed by a frequency change. Captain changed frequency and forgot to change altitude alert from 5000 to 4000 ft. When established contact on new approach frequency, captain read descending to 5000 ft, then 4000 ft. Controller then asked what altitude the previous controller had assigned us. Captain answered 4000 ft. Controller acknowledged and continued to vector us for the visual approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR CAPT FAILED TO SET THE ALT ALERTER IN A TIMELY FASHION, THEN XMITTED THE WRONG ASSIGNED ALT.
Narrative: APCH CTL GAVE ALT ASSIGNMENT TO 4000 FT FOLLOWED BY A FREQ CHANGE. CAPT CHANGED FREQ AND FORGOT TO CHANGE ALT ALERT FROM 5000 TO 4000 FT. WHEN ESTABLISHED CONTACT ON NEW APCH FREQ, CAPT READ DSNDING TO 5000 FT, THEN 4000 FT. CTLR THEN ASKED WHAT ALT THE PREVIOUS CTLR HAD ASSIGNED US. CAPT ANSWERED 4000 FT. CTLR ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONTINUED TO VECTOR US FOR THE VISUAL APCH.
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.