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A B737 crew neglected to reset their altimeters, passing 18000 ft, during climb out, resulting in a 400 ft undershoot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 540238 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pvd.airport |
| State Reference | RI |
| Altitude | msl single value : 21000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 540238 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : undershoot inflight encounter : wake turbulence inflight encounter other non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert flight crew : returned to assigned altitude |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Multiple distractions during climb out including emergency leveloff by ATC for traffic, also had wake turbulence on departure moderate to severe. First leg with new captain, short flight (ewr-bos). Got to filed flight altitude of FL210 and ATC advised we were 400 ft low after about 5 mins at that altitude. We had both forgotten to reset one altimeter to 29.92. We both reset altimeters and climbed to FL210. Lesson learned: all charts ready prior to departure and no other duties until after leveloff for cruise!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 CREW NEGLECTED TO RESET THEIR ALTIMETERS, PASSING 18000 FT, DURING CLBOUT, RESULTING IN A 400 FT UNDERSHOOT.
Narrative: MULTIPLE DISTRACTIONS DURING CLBOUT INCLUDING EMER LEVELOFF BY ATC FOR TFC, ALSO HAD WAKE TURB ON DEP MODERATE TO SEVERE. FIRST LEG WITH NEW CAPT, SHORT FLT (EWR-BOS). GOT TO FILED FLT ALT OF FL210 AND ATC ADVISED WE WERE 400 FT LOW AFTER ABOUT 5 MINS AT THAT ALT. WE HAD BOTH FORGOTTEN TO RESET ONE ALTIMETER TO 29.92. WE BOTH RESET ALTIMETERS AND CLBED TO FL210. LESSON LEARNED: ALL CHARTS READY PRIOR TO DEP AND NO OTHER DUTIES UNTIL AFTER LEVELOFF FOR CRUISE!
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.