B727 crew misses altitude crossing restr at fak.

Attributes
ACN	447980
Time
Date	199909
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	447980
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 4800
ASRS Report	447883
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met non adherence : far non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : became reoriented none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer flying, cruise altitude was FL330. Flight attendant came into cockpit and was asking question to captain when ATC gave crossing clearance to FL290 at fak. First officer acknowledged clearance and proceeded towards fak at FL330 and forgot the descent was a crossing restr. We crossed at FL330, but were in contact with ZDC and they inquired about our clearance. At that point, we descended with no problems reported.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CREW MISSES ALT XING RESTR AT FAK.

Narrative: FO FLYING, CRUISE ALT WAS FL330. FLT ATTENDANT CAME INTO COCKPIT AND WAS ASKING QUESTION TO CAPT WHEN ATC GAVE XING CLRNC TO FL290 AT FAK. FO ACKNOWLEDGED CLRNC AND PROCEEDED TOWARDS FAK AT FL330 AND FORGOT THE DSCNT WAS A XING RESTR. WE CROSSED AT FL330, BUT WERE IN CONTACT WITH ZDC AND THEY INQUIRED ABOUT OUR CLRNC. AT THAT POINT, WE DSNDED WITH NO PROBS RPTED.

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.