Narrative:

Flight was cleared as filed: direct college station, direct navasota, struk 6 arrival, houston hobby airport. A revised clearance was issued by ZHU with the aircraft 30-40 mi north of college station. The clearance was: direct college station to intercept the hobby 307 degree right to hobby. Center then cleared our flight to cross 45 mi from hobby at 10000'. We descended to 10000' prior to 45 mi from hobby on the 307 degree right and maintained about 315 KTS. Then we were handed off to houston approach at about the hobby 307R/35. Approach issued a descent from 10000 to 6000'. We started slowing to 250 KTS for our descent. Approach requested that we expedite the descent and we responded that as soon as we slowed to 250 KTS we would comply. Approach told us that we should have been at 250 KTS at the marit intersection which is on the struk 6 arrival. We replied that we had not been issued a speed restriction and were not flying the struk 6 arrival due to navasota VOR being off the air. Apparently either the approach controller had no knowledge of our revised clearance and navasota VOR being inoperative of ZHU erred in not issuing a speed restriction of 250 KTS. Supplemental information from acn 156859: the approach controller continued to complain about our speed and the 250 KT restriction at marit. We explained our clearance to him 2 more times to no avail. Apparently the approach controller could only see our ground track as being that of the struk 6 arrival and had no knowledge of our clearance from center or of the navasota VOR being off the air. This led him to conclude that we had not met the marit 250 KTS restriction.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HAS CLRNC CHANGE BUT INFORMATION NOT FORWARDED FROM CENTER TO APCH. APCH UPSET ABOUT SPEED.

Narrative: FLT WAS CLRED AS FILED: DIRECT COLLEGE STATION, DIRECT NAVASOTA, STRUK 6 ARR, HOUSTON HOBBY ARPT. A REVISED CLRNC WAS ISSUED BY ZHU WITH THE ACFT 30-40 MI N OF COLLEGE STATION. THE CLRNC WAS: DIRECT COLLEGE STATION TO INTERCEPT THE HOBBY 307 DEG R TO HOBBY. CENTER THEN CLRED OUR FLT TO CROSS 45 MI FROM HOBBY AT 10000'. WE DSNDED TO 10000' PRIOR TO 45 MI FROM HOBBY ON THE 307 DEG R AND MAINTAINED ABOUT 315 KTS. THEN WE WERE HANDED OFF TO HOUSTON APCH AT ABOUT THE HOBBY 307R/35. APCH ISSUED A DSNT FROM 10000 TO 6000'. WE STARTED SLOWING TO 250 KTS FOR OUR DSNT. APCH REQUESTED THAT WE EXPEDITE THE DSNT AND WE RESPONDED THAT AS SOON AS WE SLOWED TO 250 KTS WE WOULD COMPLY. APCH TOLD US THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 250 KTS AT THE MARIT INTXN WHICH IS ON THE STRUK 6 ARR. WE REPLIED THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN ISSUED A SPD RESTRICTION AND WERE NOT FLYING THE STRUK 6 ARR DUE TO NAVASOTA VOR BEING OFF THE AIR. APPARENTLY EITHER THE APCH CTLR HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF OUR REVISED CLRNC AND NAVASOTA VOR BEING INOP OF ZHU ERRED IN NOT ISSUING A SPD RESTRICTION OF 250 KTS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 156859: THE APCH CTLR CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR SPD AND THE 250 KT RESTRICTION AT MARIT. WE EXPLAINED OUR CLRNC TO HIM 2 MORE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. APPARENTLY THE APCH CTLR COULD ONLY SEE OUR GND TRACK AS BEING THAT OF THE STRUK 6 ARR AND HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF OUR CLRNC FROM CENTER OR OF THE NAVASOTA VOR BEING OFF THE AIR. THIS LED HIM TO CONCLUDE THAT WE HAD NOT MET THE MARIT 250 KTS RESTRICTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.