Altitude crossing restr not met in a night operation.

Attributes
ACN	303093
Time
Date	199504
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 13500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : clt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	enroute airway : clt
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	303093
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	303166
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Cleared to cross adena at 11000 ft. First officer working maintenance problem with yaw damper. Captain flying and controling radios missed leveloff restrs. Misread DME off of NAVAID. Supplemental information from acn 303166: missed descending to 11000 ft at adena due to misreading 47 DME to adena as from grd. Reported same to ATC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALT XING RESTR NOT MET IN A NIGHT OP.

Narrative: CLRED TO CROSS ADENA AT 11000 FT. FO WORKING MAINT PROB WITH YAW DAMPER. CAPT FLYING AND CTLING RADIOS MISSED LEVELOFF RESTRS. MISREAD DME OFF OF NAVAID. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 303166: MISSED DSNDING TO 11000 FT AT ADENA DUE TO MISREADING 47 DME TO ADENA AS FROM GRD. RPTED SAME TO ATC.

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.