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A new flight engineer failed to change the altimeter setting when crossing through the transition altitude in the vicinity of egkk.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 474310 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200005 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : egkk.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl single value : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : egkk.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival star : n/s |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 8 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 8 |
| ASRS Report | 474310 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to assigned altitude none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Descending into lgw (landing gatwick), late setting new altimeter from lgw when passing transition level caused a slight deadness in target altitude to avoid a hard pull-up on aircraft. Unsure if an altitude change earlier would help -- especially with transition level so low.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A NEW FE FAILED TO CHANGE THE ALTIMETER SETTING WHEN XING THROUGH THE TRANSITION ALT IN THE VICINITY OF EGKK.
Narrative: DSNDING INTO LGW (LNDG GATWICK), LATE SETTING NEW ALTIMETER FROM LGW WHEN PASSING TRANSITION LEVEL CAUSED A SLIGHT DEADNESS IN TARGET ALT TO AVOID A HARD PULL-UP ON ACFT. UNSURE IF AN ALT CHANGE EARLIER WOULD HELP -- ESPECIALLY WITH TRANSITION LEVEL SO LOW.
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.