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Flight crew of a B757 undershot assigned cruise altitude due to forgetting to reset altimeters at FL180. ARTCC controller intervened and alerted flight crew regarding their actual altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426830 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dbn |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 26600 msl bound upper : 27000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : ztl |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 240 |
| ASRS Report | 426828 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 426830 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : undershoot other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On climb out ATC gave holding instructions. While copying instructions aircraft climbed through FL180 and altimeters were not reset. Aircraft leveled off 400 ft low due to altitude setting. ATC notified us and we reset 29.92 and climbed to FL270. The holding instructions on climb out distracted the crew and the climb check was not accomplished.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B757 UNDERSHOT ASSIGNED CRUISE ALT DUE TO FORGETTING TO RESET ALTIMETERS AT FL180. ARTCC CTLR INTERVENED AND ALERTED FLC REGARDING THEIR ACTUAL ALT.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT ATC GAVE HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS. WHILE COPYING INSTRUCTIONS ACFT CLBED THROUGH FL180 AND ALTIMETERS WERE NOT RESET. ACFT LEVELED OFF 400 FT LOW DUE TO ALT SETTING. ATC NOTIFIED US AND WE RESET 29.92 AND CLBED TO FL270. THE HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS ON CLBOUT DISTRACTED THE CREW AND THE CLB CHK WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED.
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.