An md-80 first officer reported difficulties complying with the late stage crossing restrictions whi...

Attributes
ACN	1051359
Time
Date	201211
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	T75.TRACON
State Reference	MO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR KAYLA RNAV
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

We were arriving stl and had a big tailwind. We were cleared via the kayla arrival which was the first time for both of us. While descending we got switched from landing runway 30 to runway 11 or 12. We expected 11; so we put that transition in the FMS; but then were changed to runway 12. As a result we had to change the FMS three times in descent. It's really not any different (in hindsight); but we got caught up in a task management overload situation and before we knew it were 2;000 feet high at the two waypoints past kayla. Immediate action was taken to descend faster and ATC did not seem have a problem with it. I don't believe there was even another aircraft within 50 miles at the time. However; it was definitely a mistake on our part. Serious lesson learned. Fly the airplane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD-80 First Officer reported difficulties complying with the late stage crossing restrictions while descending via the KAYLA RNAV STAR to STL. Changes to their assigned landing runway from northwest to southeast were reported as primary contributing factors.

Narrative: We were arriving STL and had a big tailwind. We were cleared via the KAYLA arrival which was the first time for both of us. While descending we got switched from landing Runway 30 to Runway 11 or 12. We expected 11; so we put that transition in the FMS; but then were changed to Runway 12. As a result we had to change the FMS three times in descent. It's really not any different (in hindsight); but we got caught up in a task management overload situation and before we knew it were 2;000 feet high at the two waypoints past KAYLA. Immediate action was taken to descend faster and ATC did not seem have a problem with it. I don't believe there was even another aircraft within 50 miles at the time. However; it was definitely a mistake on our part. Serious lesson learned. Fly the airplane.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

An md-80 first officer reported difficulties complying with the late stage crossing restrictions while descending via the kayla RNAV STAR to stl. Changes to their assigned landing runway from northwest to southeast were reported as primary contributing factors.