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B737 flight crew reported missing an altitude restriction on descent into mci; citing the high volume of cpdlc messages as contributing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1587588 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZKC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | KS |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Type 12500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 397 Flight Crew Type 397 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
As we were flying through kansas city's airspace we were using the cpdlc (controller pilot datalink communications). We were flying the jhawk 6 arrival into mci. The airport was landing south so we briefed and setup to cross rugbb at 12;000 feet. For the airport landing south. ATC sent us a message on the ACARS cpdlc to cross jhawk at 12;000 feet. We acknowledged the clearance and with all the other cpdlc messages we were receiving we missed changing the altitude restriction over rugbb to crossing 12;000 feet. Over jhawk. After crossing jhawk I realized the mistake and continued our descent to 12;000 feet without any other conflicts.this was a valuable lesson learned. I need to verify my clearance and fly the aircraft first. It was a little overwhelming with all of the ATC messages we were receiving on the cpdlc.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight crew reported missing an altitude restriction on descent into MCI; citing the high volume of CPDLC messages as contributing.
Narrative: As we were flying through Kansas City's airspace we were using the CPDLC (Controller Pilot Datalink Communications). We were flying the JHAWK 6 Arrival into MCI. The airport was landing south so we briefed and setup to cross RUGBB at 12;000 feet. for the airport landing south. ATC sent us a message on the ACARS CPDLC to cross JHAWK at 12;000 feet. We acknowledged the clearance and with all the other CPDLC messages we were receiving we missed changing the altitude restriction over RUGBB to crossing 12;000 feet. over JHAWK. After crossing JHAWK I realized the mistake and continued our descent to 12;000 feet without any other conflicts.This was a valuable lesson learned. I need to verify my clearance and fly the aircraft first. It was a little overwhelming with all of the ATC messages we were receiving on the CPDLC.
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.