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Flight crew of an medium large transport failed to descend in time to make a crossing altitude restr due to flight crew cabin attendant crew communication coordination workload.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 391820 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sax |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 9000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| 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 : zny |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 391820 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Flight was issued descent clearance of 14 DME sax at 7000 ft. Descent was begun, center was advised that flight would be late arriving at 7000 ft. ATC advised to continue to 7000 ft and it was in someone else's airspace. There were no TCASII conflicts and descent was normal. Problem was caused by high cockpit workload due to other radio and communication with cabin crew by intercom. Recommend increased attention to cockpit workload and adherence to ATC instructions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG FAILED TO DSND IN TIME TO MAKE A XING ALT RESTR DUE TO FLC CABIN ATTENDANT CREW COM COORD WORKLOAD.
Narrative: FLT WAS ISSUED DSCNT CLRNC OF 14 DME SAX AT 7000 FT. DSCNT WAS BEGUN, CTR WAS ADVISED THAT FLT WOULD BE LATE ARRIVING AT 7000 FT. ATC ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO 7000 FT AND IT WAS IN SOMEONE ELSE'S AIRSPACE. THERE WERE NO TCASII CONFLICTS AND DSCNT WAS NORMAL. PROB WAS CAUSED BY HIGH COCKPIT WORKLOAD DUE TO OTHER RADIO AND COM WITH CABIN CREW BY INTERCOM. RECOMMEND INCREASED ATTN TO COCKPIT WORKLOAD AND ADHERENCE TO ATC INSTRUCTIONS.
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.