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An MD83 pilot reported an altitude deviation on climbout from iwa after he mis-set his altimeter during preflight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 843670 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IWA.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 21000 Flight Crew Type 11000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
In a climbing right turn with frequency change; right seat (non flying pilot) voiced 1000 ft to go and then continued communication with ATC and I noticed my altimeter showed 2000 ft to go to initial cleared altitude of 4000 ft. I confirmed the new cleared to altitude of 7000 ft and then started to sort out the altimeter discrepancies. At this time; ATC questioned what altitude we were initially climbing to and stated he showed us at 4600 ft (initial 4000 ft) and gave us a new/current altimeter setting at which I noticed my altimeter set at 28.89 instead of 29.89. Reset to proper altimeter setting and continued climb to 7000 ft with no further query from ATC. I thought I set the current altimeter setting of 29.89 in both my primary and stand-by altimeter upon performing the receiving checklist for first flight of the day. I believe what happened is the arm of the altimeter was covering up the second digit of the altimeter setting in the kollsman window; which happens while sitting on the ramp at iwa.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An MD83 pilot reported an altitude deviation on climbout from IWA after he mis-set his altimeter during preflight.
Narrative: In a climbing right turn with frequency change; right seat (non flying pilot) voiced 1000 FT to go and then continued communication with ATC and I noticed my altimeter showed 2000 FT to go to initial cleared altitude of 4000 FT. I confirmed the new cleared to altitude of 7000 FT and then started to sort out the altimeter discrepancies. At this time; ATC questioned what altitude we were initially climbing to and stated he showed us at 4600 FT (initial 4000 FT) and gave us a new/current altimeter setting at which I noticed my altimeter set at 28.89 instead of 29.89. Reset to proper altimeter setting and continued climb to 7000 FT with no further query from ATC. I thought I set the current altimeter setting of 29.89 in both my primary and stand-by altimeter upon performing the receiving checklist for first flight of the day. I believe what happened is the arm of the altimeter was covering up the second digit of the altimeter setting in the Kollsman window; which happens while sitting on the ramp at IWA.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.