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B737NG first officer reported missing a crossing restriction while on the BANKR2 RNAV arrival to clt airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1606312 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CLT.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR BANKR2 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 13000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Descending via the BANKR2 RNAV arrival into clt we missed our crossing altitude at opals by 6;000 feet. We were given a last minute arrival change while on an initial descent from 33000 feet. We loaded the arrival and verified the crossing altitudes. We were given the initial fix on the BANKR2 arrival and a crossing altitude of 27000 feet which was met. We were then given a descent via which we were complying with until we noticed the aircraft was not going to make a restriction by that time ATC gave us a vector and an altitude. This event occurred because it was an arrival change while descending via a different arrival. Also this arrival has crossing altitudes that are cross at or above and between very large altitude windows with speed restrictions and very small distance. The FMS complied with the top altitude in a crossing altitude window. Clt was landing north. The arrival needs to be redesigned with smaller crossing altitude windows; or we need to manually adjust the altitudes and make the bottom altitude in a crossing window hard.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737NG First Officer reported missing a crossing restriction while on the BANKR2 RNAV arrival to CLT airport.
Narrative: Descending via the BANKR2 RNAV Arrival into CLT we missed our crossing altitude at OPALS by 6;000 feet. We were given a last minute arrival change while on an initial descent from 33000 feet. We loaded the arrival and verified the crossing altitudes. We were given the initial fix on the BANKR2 Arrival and a crossing altitude of 27000 feet which was met. We were then given a descent via which we were complying with until we noticed the aircraft was not going to make a restriction by that time ATC gave us a vector and an altitude. This event occurred because it was an arrival change while descending via a different arrival. Also this arrival has crossing altitudes that are cross at or above and between very large altitude windows with speed restrictions and very small distance. The FMS complied with the top altitude in a crossing altitude window. CLT was landing north. The arrival needs to be redesigned with smaller crossing altitude windows; or we need to manually adjust the altitudes and make the bottom altitude in a crossing window hard.
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.