While deviating east of doobi for weather on the iah sknrd 2 arrival; ATC requested an airbus crew f...

Narrative:

We were east of doobi on the SKNRD2 arrival into iah and deviating south of course for weather. We were given a descent clearance to 12;000. While still deviating we were told to 'descend via the SKNRD2; except cross abeam doobi at 12;000.' the abeam point was unclear and the 12;000 was lower than the minimum altitude at doobi (FL190). Additionally we were still deviating and not on the arrival; so the there was some confusion in flight. After that we made the turn at kngwd for the transition to 8R. Planning to cross over vldez govvv etc. As published for runway 8R. Shortly after making the turn at kngwd the controller told us 'you missed your turn at kngwd; turn left to 220 degrees.' we queried the controller about the runway as our approach chart indicates to continue over vldez for runway 8R. We thought maybe there had been a runway change. The controller said that the runway was still 8R; but that he wanted us south of the field for a right downwind due to weather north of the field. We explained that by selecting 8R in the FMGC we could not select a transition over kngwd that took us south of the field. Also; there was no notification that after kngwd we should proceed via the transition for runway 9. In both situations we were able to clarify with ATC and determine what they wanted us to do although it took several calls.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While deviating east of DOOBI for weather on the IAH SKNRD 2 arrival; ATC requested an Airbus crew fly the Runway 8R South transition after KNGWD; but that transition was not an FMC selection.

Narrative: We were east of DOOBI on the SKNRD2 arrival into IAH and deviating south of course for weather. We were given a descent clearance to 12;000. While still deviating we were told to 'Descend via the SKNRD2; except cross abeam DOOBI at 12;000.' The abeam point was unclear and the 12;000 was lower than the minimum altitude at DOOBI (FL190). Additionally we were still deviating and not on the arrival; so the there was some confusion in flight. After that we made the turn at KNGWD for the transition to 8R. Planning to cross over VLDEZ GOVVV etc. as published for runway 8R. Shortly after making the turn at KNGWD the controller told us 'you missed your turn at KNGWD; turn left to 220 degrees.' We queried the Controller about the runway as our approach chart indicates to continue over VLDEZ for Runway 8R. We thought maybe there had been a runway change. The controller said that the runway was still 8R; but that he wanted us south of the field for a right downwind due to weather north of the field. We explained that by selecting 8R in the FMGC we could not select a transition over KNGWD that took us south of the field. Also; there was no notification that after KNGWD we should proceed via the transition for Runway 9. In both situations we were able to clarify with ATC and determine what they wanted us to do although it took several calls.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1201653
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	IAH.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airbus 318/319/320/321 Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR SKNRD 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

While deviating east of doobi for weather on the iah sknrd 2 arrival; ATC requested an airbus crew fly the runway 8R south transition after kngwd; but that transition was not an FMC selection.