Flightglobal

Altimeter pressure setting becomes focus of fatal Angara An-24 terrain collision

But with a QNH setting for the altimeter the aircraft would have been barely 120m above the airfield elevation. While still 15km from Tynda’s runway, the An-24 collided with trees at an altitude of ...
Flightglobal

Altimeter setting cited in Wideroe Dash 8 low-approach inquiry

Norwegian investigators have disclosed that they are probing a low approach involving a Wideroe De Havilland Dash 8-100 at the northern Svolvaer airport last month. The aircraft dipped 700ft below the ...
Aviation Week

Altimeter Setting Errors Have Yet To Be Prevented, BEA Says

LYON—French air accident investigation bureau BEA has released its final report on a ground proximity event involving an AirHub Airlines-operated Airbus A320 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in May ...
Flying

Altimeters on Approach

Per regulations, an instrument approach is legally unusable if a certified altimeter setting (local or from a designated nearby airport) is unavailable. In dire, Part 91 emergencies, pilots might ...
WRAL

An airfied has elevation of 2000 feet - what will the altimeter read when the aircraft is on the ground while setting 1013.2 qnh qfe qff?

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Khalid, I'm not sure I entirely follow the question as written, but an aircraft sitting on the ground at an airport with field elevation 2000 feet above mean sea level will have a ...
Flying

What Is Pressure Altitude?

Pressure altitude is an aircraft's height above the theoretical standard datum plane, calculated assuming a standard atmospheric pressure of 29.92 inHg at sea level. It is crucial for pilots to ...