Widebody transport aircraft misses crossing restriction.

Attributes
ACN	240443
Time
Date	199304
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sea
State Reference	WA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 17500
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zse
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	240443
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : undershoot altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Was given crossing instructions to cross snomy intersection at 16000 ft MSL. Miscalculated descent point and crossed at 17500 ft MSL. No other aircraft in vicinity. Got distracted taking care of a caution light problem that arose during our descent. First officer laughed and said, 'I knew you weren't going to make it, but I thought you were going to show me some fancy flying technique.' I asked him why he didn't say something sooner? He said, since I said something to him while he was flying into denver and he was early to his crossing restriction by 25 mi, he was going to wait to see if I was going to show him something. This first officer is an old captain flying as an first officer. He hates the company he works for since he lost his captain position in the merger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ACFT MISSES XING RESTRICTION.

Narrative: WAS GIVEN XING INSTRUCTIONS TO CROSS SNOMY INTXN AT 16000 FT MSL. MISCALCULATED DSCNT POINT AND CROSSED AT 17500 FT MSL. NO OTHER ACFT IN VICINITY. GOT DISTRACTED TAKING CARE OF A CAUTION LIGHT PROB THAT AROSE DURING OUR DSCNT. FO LAUGHED AND SAID, 'I KNEW YOU WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE IT, BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SHOW ME SOME FANCY FLYING TECHNIQUE.' I ASKED HIM WHY HE DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING SOONER? HE SAID, SINCE I SAID SOMETHING TO HIM WHILE HE WAS FLYING INTO DENVER AND HE WAS EARLY TO HIS XING RESTRICTION BY 25 MI, HE WAS GOING TO WAIT TO SEE IF I WAS GOING TO SHOW HIM SOMETHING. THIS FO IS AN OLD CAPT FLYING AS AN FO. HE HATES THE COMPANY HE WORKS FOR SINCE HE LOST HIS CAPT POS IN THE MERGER.

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.