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Air carrier captain reported that charting notations into pdx do not clearly notate speed restrictions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1465982 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PDX.Airport |
| State Reference | OR |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 389 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Speed All Types |
Narrative:
ATC gave us a descent clearance to FL290. We captured the profile and then were held at FL290 until we were high on profile. We were then given a clearance to FL240 and then handed off to the next controller. The first officer was descending at 300 knots to recapture the descent profile when the controller gave us a descend via clearance. A few minutes later we were asked our speed; which was 300 knots and slowing.this seems to be a very common issue. Held high and then given a descend via clearance. I should have advised ATC we were high instead of being fast and trying to return to profile. We both missed the 280 knot note. They should be in large bold red type instead in a small box in the corner of the arrival plate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported that charting notations into PDX do not clearly notate speed restrictions.
Narrative: ATC gave us a descent clearance to FL290. We captured the profile and then were held at FL290 until we were high on profile. We were then given a clearance to FL240 and then handed off to the next Controller. The FO was descending at 300 knots to recapture the descent profile when the Controller gave us a descend via clearance. A few minutes later we were asked our speed; which was 300 knots and slowing.This seems to be a very common issue. Held high and then given a descend via clearance. I should have advised ATC we were high instead of being fast and trying to return to profile. We both missed the 280 knot note. They should be in large bold red type instead in a small box in the corner of the arrival plate.
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.