A B777 flight crew missets the altimeter going into nrt resulting in an altitude excursion.

Attributes
ACN	581168
Time
Date	200305
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : rjaa.artcc
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11500 msl bound upper : 12000
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : rjaa.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	581168
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	581167
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Nrt WX received by ACARS. Set altimeter using wrong setting at 14000 ft. Checked setting again by listening to very poor english by local controller. Passing 6000 ft controller says new altimeter setting. Reset to new setting and may have exceeded allowable tolerance for altitude deviation. Contributing factor would be late night on body clock and 12 hour duty day.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B777 FLT CREW MISSETS THE ALTIMETER GOING INTO NRT RESULTING IN AN ALT EXCURSION.

Narrative: NRT WX RECEIVED BY ACARS. SET ALTIMETER USING WRONG SETTING AT 14000 FT. CHKED SETTING AGAIN BY LISTENING TO VERY POOR ENGLISH BY LCL CTLR. PASSING 6000 FT CTLR SAYS NEW ALTIMETER SETTING. RESET TO NEW SETTING AND MAY HAVE EXCEEDED ALLOWABLE TOLERANCE FOR ALTDEV. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WOULD BE LATE NIGHT ON BODY CLOCK AND 12 HR DUTY DAY.

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.