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Altitude deviation, altitude overshot when flight crew of a B757 levels at cruise altitude with their altimeter not set for qne cruise, but at local qnh for ewr, nj.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 597514 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35350 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 270 |
| ASRS Report | 597514 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7400 flight time type : 5300 |
| ASRS Report | 598290 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to assigned altitude |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Airspace Structure Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Situation occurred on flight from ewr. Experienced numerous distrs during climb out from ewr, including TCASII traffic alerts and vectors from ZNY. Also had multiple altitude hold-downs climbing out. This resulted in missing the climb checklist passing through FL180. We continued the climb to FL350 and leveled off with altimeter setting of 29.53 which put us approximately 350 ft high on leveloff. ZNY called and asked if we were at FL350 with 29.92 set. We answered 'we'll fix that.' we set altimeter to 29.92 and descended to FL350. Remainder of flight was normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ALTDEV, ALT OVERSHOT WHEN FLT CREW OF A B757 LEVELS AT CRUISE ALT WITH THEIR ALTIMETER NOT SET FOR QNE CRUISE, BUT AT LCL QNH FOR EWR, NJ.
Narrative: SIT OCCURRED ON FLT FROM EWR. EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS DISTRS DURING CLBOUT FROM EWR, INCLUDING TCASII TFC ALERTS AND VECTORS FROM ZNY. ALSO HAD MULTIPLE ALT HOLD-DOWNS CLBING OUT. THIS RESULTED IN MISSING THE CLB CHKLIST PASSING THROUGH FL180. WE CONTINUED THE CLB TO FL350 AND LEVELED OFF WITH ALTIMETER SETTING OF 29.53 WHICH PUT US APPROX 350 FT HIGH ON LEVELOFF. ZNY CALLED AND ASKED IF WE WERE AT FL350 WITH 29.92 SET. WE ANSWERED 'WE'LL FIX THAT.' WE SET ALTIMETER TO 29.92 AND DSNDED TO FL350. REMAINDER OF FLT WAS NORMAL.
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.