MD80 descending into dulles does not make his crossing altitude.

Attributes
ACN	419320
Time
Date	199810
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : aml airport : dca
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : iad
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
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 : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	419320
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
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 : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While descending on the finks arrival to dca, we were told to cross 'manne at 11000 ft' and 'aml at 8000 ft.' we made the restr at manne, but misjudged the descent rate to aml, and crossed aml at approximately 8700 ft. Workload during descent and tailwind were contributing factors. No conflict resulted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 DSNDING INTO DULLES DOES NOT MAKE HIS XING ALT.

Narrative: WHILE DSNDING ON THE FINKS ARR TO DCA, WE WERE TOLD TO CROSS 'MANNE AT 11000 FT' AND 'AML AT 8000 FT.' WE MADE THE RESTR AT MANNE, BUT MISJUDGED THE DSCNT RATE TO AML, AND CROSSED AML AT APPROX 8700 FT. WORKLOAD DURING DSCNT AND TAILWIND WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. NO CONFLICT RESULTED.

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.