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Air carrier flight crew cited distractions during climb through FL180 as cause of missed climb check and failure to observe the altimeter setting rule.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 322039 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dbs |
| State Reference | ID |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 41000 msl bound upper : 41500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zlc |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 50000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 322039 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 322320 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Altimeter was not set to 29.92 inches at 18000 ft and climb check omitted due to unexpected moderate turbulence simultaneously with frequency and route change, and with flight attendants entering cockpit due to passenger problem. Error discovered after leveling at FL410 and altimeter still set to departure of 29.41 inches. It was discovered by us when center advised us to check altimeter 29.92 inches.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FLC CITED DISTRACTIONS DURING CLB THROUGH FL180 AS CAUSE OF MISSED CLB CHK AND FAILURE TO OBSERVE THE ALTIMETER SETTING RULE.
Narrative: ALTIMETER WAS NOT SET TO 29.92 INCHES AT 18000 FT AND CLB CHK OMITTED DUE TO UNEXPECTED MODERATE TURB SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH FREQ AND RTE CHANGE, AND WITH FLT ATTENDANTS ENTERING COCKPIT DUE TO PAX PROB. ERROR DISCOVERED AFTER LEVELING AT FL410 AND ALTIMETER STILL SET TO DEP OF 29.41 INCHES. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY US WHEN CTR ADVISED US TO CHK ALTIMETER 29.92 INCHES.
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.