Altitude deviation on STAR.

Attributes
ACN	313876
Time
Date	199508
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : stl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 13000
ASRS Report	313876
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	313874
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On descent into stl on qball arrival, there was confusion as to whether we were to cross qball intersection at 11000 ft or 15000 ft. Though not depicted on arrival chart, new fuel conservation procedures have lndgs for runways 12 left and right crossing at 15000 ft instead of 11000 ft. We descended to 11000 ft as we thought we were cleared. ZKC queried us as to our altitude, indicating we were cleared to 15000 ft. Arrival chart should encompass these recent changes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ALT DEV ON STAR.

Narrative: ON DSCNT INTO STL ON QBALL ARR, THERE WAS CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER WE WERE TO CROSS QBALL INTXN AT 11000 FT OR 15000 FT. THOUGH NOT DEPICTED ON ARR CHART, NEW FUEL CONSERVATION PROCS HAVE LNDGS FOR RWYS 12 L AND R XING AT 15000 FT INSTEAD OF 11000 FT. WE DSNDED TO 11000 FT AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE CLRED. ZKC QUERIED US AS TO OUR ALT, INDICATING WE WERE CLRED TO 15000 FT. ARR CHART SHOULD ENCOMPASS THESE RECENT CHANGES.

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.