An air carrier B737-200 captain forgets to reset his own altimeter to station pressure as he descends and levels off 500 ft too high at camrn intersection. The first officer noticed the error and flight crew corrected.

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Attributes
ACN	356380
Time
Date	199612
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dpk airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 11500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	356380
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Given crossing restr into jfk -- camrn at 11000 ft, on camrn 3 arrival. Upon descent for crossing restr, aircraft was being hand flown descending from FL240. Descending through 18000 ft the first officer set altimeter to local jfk setting and captain set standby altimeter to local altimeter. Upon leveloff at 11000 ft the captain leveled the aircraft by his altimeter at 11000 ft. First officer's altimeter still read 500 ft higher, so first officer (I) thought he was still descending. At first no problem was noticed, but upon prompting to get down to 11000 ft, first officer realized captain's altimeter still at 29.92 inches hg, real altimeter setting was 30.55 at jfk. Upon realization of this fact, we re-leveled the aircraft down to 11000 ft. Contributing factors: high rate of descent into jfk for camrn arrival contributed to this. Concern to make crossing restr might have caused the missing of setting second altimeter (captain altimeter).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B737-200 CAPT FORGETS TO RESET HIS OWN ALTIMETER TO STATION PRESSURE AS HE DSNDS AND LEVELS OFF 500 FT TOO HIGH AT CAMRN INTXN. THE FO NOTICED THE ERROR AND FLC CORRECTED.

Narrative: GIVEN XING RESTR INTO JFK -- CAMRN AT 11000 FT, ON CAMRN 3 ARR. UPON DSCNT FOR XING RESTR, ACFT WAS BEING HAND FLOWN DSNDING FROM FL240. DSNDING THROUGH 18000 FT THE FO SET ALTIMETER TO LCL JFK SETTING AND CAPT SET STANDBY ALTIMETER TO LCL ALTIMETER. UPON LEVELOFF AT 11000 FT THE CAPT LEVELED THE ACFT BY HIS ALTIMETER AT 11000 FT. FO'S ALTIMETER STILL READ 500 FT HIGHER, SO FO (I) THOUGHT HE WAS STILL DSNDING. AT FIRST NO PROB WAS NOTICED, BUT UPON PROMPTING TO GET DOWN TO 11000 FT, FO REALIZED CAPT'S ALTIMETER STILL AT 29.92 INCHES HG, REAL ALTIMETER SETTING WAS 30.55 AT JFK. UPON REALIZATION OF THIS FACT, WE RE-LEVELED THE ACFT DOWN TO 11000 FT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: HIGH RATE OF DSCNT INTO JFK FOR CAMRN ARR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. CONCERN TO MAKE XING RESTR MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE MISSING OF SETTING SECOND ALTIMETER (CAPT ALTIMETER).

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.