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FK10 levels off below cleared altitude after crew fails to reset altimeter to standard setting during climb in ZKC airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 425110 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : okc |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 27600 msl bound upper : 28000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 425110 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While on climb out through FL180 we were given a TA and we let ourselves get distraction and neglected to change our altimeters over to 29.92, resulting in our leveling off 350 ft below FL280 on the ATC altitude readout. We corrected the altimeters with no further problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FK10 LEVELS OFF BELOW CLRED ALT AFTER CREW FAILS TO RESET ALTIMETER TO STANDARD SETTING DURING CLB IN ZKC AIRSPACE.
Narrative: WHILE ON CLBOUT THROUGH FL180 WE WERE GIVEN A TA AND WE LET OURSELVES GET DISTR AND NEGLECTED TO CHANGE OUR ALTIMETERS OVER TO 29.92, RESULTING IN OUR LEVELING OFF 350 FT BELOW FL280 ON THE ATC ALT READOUT. WE CORRECTED THE ALTIMETERS WITH NO FURTHER PROBS.
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.