Narrative:

Last leg of 4 for night. All difficult conditions with high winds and turbulence. At least 2 autoplt anomalies with this aircraft on this trip. When cleared to descend to 2500 ft, the autoplt disengaged and the captain took control manually. While this was occurring, we passed through the transition altitude (6500 ft) and forgot to do the approach checklist. I didn't reset altimeters to the very low altimeter setting of 970 millibars. We descended to 1900 ft before correcting back to 2500 ft. Supplemental information from acn 456639: airport was in sight at the time. If transition levels were standard worldwide, it would be easier to remember when to reset to correct altimeter setting.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 FREIGHTER FLT OVERSHOOTS ITS ASSIGNED ALT WHEN THE FLC FAILS TO SET THEIR ALTIMETER TO THE LCL BAROMETRIC SETTING, 970 MILLIBARS VERSUS 1013 MILLIBARS E OF ESSA, FO.

Narrative: LAST LEG OF 4 FOR NIGHT. ALL DIFFICULT CONDITIONS WITH HIGH WINDS AND TURB. AT LEAST 2 AUTOPLT ANOMALIES WITH THIS ACFT ON THIS TRIP. WHEN CLRED TO DSND TO 2500 FT, THE AUTOPLT DISENGAGED AND THE CAPT TOOK CTL MANUALLY. WHILE THIS WAS OCCURRING, WE PASSED THROUGH THE TRANSITION ALT (6500 FT) AND FORGOT TO DO THE APCH CHKLIST. I DIDN'T RESET ALTIMETERS TO THE VERY LOW ALTIMETER SETTING OF 970 MILLIBARS. WE DSNDED TO 1900 FT BEFORE CORRECTING BACK TO 2500 FT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 456639: ARPT WAS IN SIGHT AT THE TIME. IF TRANSITION LEVELS WERE STANDARD WORLDWIDE, IT WOULD BE EASIER TO REMEMBER WHEN TO RESET TO CORRECT ALTIMETER SETTING.

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.