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An air carrier flight crew flying B737-300 near sie receives conflicting descent altitude clearance from ZDC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 443870 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199907 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | intersection : radd |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | msl single value : 14000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 443870 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to assigned altitude |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Intra Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Center gave us a descent to cross radds intersection at 15000 ft. While we were in our descent, center gave us clearance to cross 30 NM south of sie (radds) at 11000 ft. The captain read back the clearance and both confirmed (pointed to) the new altitude. Passing 14000 ft, center informed us to level off and said he thought we were assigned 15000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING B737-300 NEAR SIE RECEIVES CONFLICTING DSCNT ALT CLRNC FROM ZDC.
Narrative: CTR GAVE US A DSCNT TO CROSS RADDS INTXN AT 15000 FT. WHILE WE WERE IN OUR DSCNT, CTR GAVE US CLRNC TO CROSS 30 NM S OF SIE (RADDS) AT 11000 FT. THE CAPT READ BACK THE CLRNC AND BOTH CONFIRMED (POINTED TO) THE NEW ALT. PASSING 14000 FT, CTR INFORMED US TO LEVEL OFF AND SAID HE THOUGHT WE WERE ASSIGNED 15000 FT.
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.