Crj-200 flight crew reported overshooting an assigned altitude when they mis-set their altimeter by ...

Attributes
ACN	982310
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CLE.Airport
State Reference	OH
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Altimeter
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 2 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 1500
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 2 Flight Crew Total 3300 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

On climb out of cle we were asked what altitude we were assigned to and I responded with 6;000. The controller then told us to check our altimeter setting and said it was 30.50. We had in 29.50 which showed us 1;000 ft high. We then started down after fixing the mistake but before we could the controller had us climb to 12;000 and had verified the correct altimeter with us a few more times to be sure he was showing what we had. We then went on with the rest of the flight with no other problems. The only thing I can think of that would get us that far off is if we were told or just put in the wrong altimeter setting on the flight in to cle. As we did the checklist I guess we had just looked at the last 2 numbers and since the airport elevation looked the same just a 1;000 lower it didn't stand out that something was wrong.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 flight crew reported overshooting an assigned altitude when they mis-set their altimeter by 1' of mercury.

Narrative: On climb out of CLE we were asked what altitude we were assigned to and I responded with 6;000. The Controller then told us to check our altimeter setting and said it was 30.50. We had in 29.50 which showed us 1;000 FT high. We then started down after fixing the mistake but before we could the Controller had us climb to 12;000 and had verified the correct altimeter with us a few more times to be sure he was showing what we had. We then went on with the rest of the flight with no other problems. The only thing I can think of that would get us that far off is if we were told or just put in the wrong altimeter setting on the flight in to CLE. As we did the checklist I guess we had just looked at the last 2 numbers and since the airport elevation looked the same just a 1;000 lower it didn't stand out that something was wrong.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Crj-200 flight crew reported overshooting an assigned altitude when they mis-set their altimeter by 1' of mercury.