A B767 crew, on descent into jfk, overshot their assigned altitude due to a wrong altimeter setting.

Attributes
ACN	535156
Time
Date	200201
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : camrn
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10800 msl bound upper : 11000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	535156
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	535157
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance non adherence other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Descent from FL190 to 11000 ft over camrn. Set altimeter to 29.74 instead of 29.47, as assigned. This resulted in a leveloff at 10800 ft instead of 11000 ft. ATC queried and we corrected the altimeter, climbing to 11000 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767 CREW, ON DSCNT INTO JFK, OVERSHOT THEIR ASSIGNED ALT DUE TO A WRONG ALTIMETER SETTING.

Narrative: DSCNT FROM FL190 TO 11000 FT OVER CAMRN. SET ALTIMETER TO 29.74 INSTEAD OF 29.47, AS ASSIGNED. THIS RESULTED IN A LEVELOFF AT 10800 FT INSTEAD OF 11000 FT. ATC QUERIED AND WE CORRECTED THE ALTIMETER, CLBING TO 11000 FT.

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.