Altitude deviation, altitude overshot when flight crew of a B757 levels at cruise altitude with their altimeter not set for qne cruise, but at local qnh for ewr, nj.

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Attributes
ACN	597514
Time
Date	200310
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35350
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 270
ASRS Report	597514
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7400 flight time type : 5300
ASRS Report	598290
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Airspace Structure Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Situation occurred on flight from ewr. Experienced numerous distrs during climb out from ewr, including TCASII traffic alerts and vectors from ZNY. Also had multiple altitude hold-downs climbing out. This resulted in missing the climb checklist passing through FL180. We continued the climb to FL350 and leveled off with altimeter setting of 29.53 which put us approximately 350 ft high on leveloff. ZNY called and asked if we were at FL350 with 29.92 set. We answered 'we'll fix that.' we set altimeter to 29.92 and descended to FL350. Remainder of flight was normal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALTDEV, ALT OVERSHOT WHEN FLT CREW OF A B757 LEVELS AT CRUISE ALT WITH THEIR ALTIMETER NOT SET FOR QNE CRUISE, BUT AT LCL QNH FOR EWR, NJ.

Narrative: SIT OCCURRED ON FLT FROM EWR. EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS DISTRS DURING CLBOUT FROM EWR, INCLUDING TCASII TFC ALERTS AND VECTORS FROM ZNY. ALSO HAD MULTIPLE ALT HOLD-DOWNS CLBING OUT. THIS RESULTED IN MISSING THE CLB CHKLIST PASSING THROUGH FL180. WE CONTINUED THE CLB TO FL350 AND LEVELED OFF WITH ALTIMETER SETTING OF 29.53 WHICH PUT US APPROX 350 FT HIGH ON LEVELOFF. ZNY CALLED AND ASKED IF WE WERE AT FL350 WITH 29.92 SET. WE ANSWERED 'WE'LL FIX THAT.' WE SET ALTIMETER TO 29.92 AND DSNDED TO FL350. REMAINDER OF FLT WAS NORMAL.

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.