<< >> NASA ASRS Report 295360, February 1995

Flight crew of B767 departing fra experience altitude overshoot due to failure to reset their altimeters at the transition altitude.

Attributes
ACN	295360
Time
Date	199502
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fra
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5250
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : fra
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial cruise other
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	295360
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

At approximately XA10Z departing fra on the FOXT3G I leveled the aircraft at 5000 ft on 29.92 instead of 5000 ft on local altimeter. Aircraft was returned to 5000 ft at once. However this resulted in approximately 200-250 ft overshoot. 5000 ft was the transition altitude. ATC did not indicate that there was an altitude deviation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF B767 DEPARTING FRA EXPERIENCE ALT OVERSHOOT DUE TO FAILURE TO RESET THEIR ALTIMETERS AT THE TRANSITION ALT.

Narrative: AT APPROX XA10Z DEPARTING FRA ON THE FOXT3G I LEVELED THE ACFT AT 5000 FT ON 29.92 INSTEAD OF 5000 FT ON LCL ALTIMETER. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO 5000 FT AT ONCE. HOWEVER THIS RESULTED IN APPROX 200-250 FT OVERSHOOT. 5000 FT WAS THE TRANSITION ALT. ATC DID NOT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS AN ALTDEV.

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.