MD80 crew's late descent clearance cited as cause for undershooting a crossing restr.

Attributes
ACN	492781
Time
Date	200011
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : marit
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	descent : vacating altitude
Route In Use	approach : straight in arrival star : tnv.struk 8
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	492781
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	492660
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

ATC facility: ZHU. Location: marit. First officer's leg. Given marit at 10000 ft MSL a little late. Initiated descent at 300 KIAS clean power off. Approximately 7 mi prior to marit, called houston and told them we would not make the crossing altitude restr at marit. Hou gave no guidance as to what to do. Called again and was cleared to intercept the runway 12R localizer. No traffic conflict was noted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW'S LATE DSCNT CLRNC CITED AS CAUSE FOR UNDERSHOOTING A XING RESTR.

Narrative: ATC FACILITY: ZHU. LOCATION: MARIT. FO'S LEG. GIVEN MARIT AT 10000 FT MSL A LITTLE LATE. INITIATED DSCNT AT 300 KIAS CLEAN PWR OFF. APPROX 7 MI PRIOR TO MARIT, CALLED HOUSTON AND TOLD THEM WE WOULD NOT MAKE THE XING ALT RESTR AT MARIT. HOU GAVE NO GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT TO DO. CALLED AGAIN AND WAS CLRED TO INTERCEPT THE RWY 12R LOC. NO TFC CONFLICT WAS NOTED.

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.