An A321 captain reported that he and his first officer did not make a crossing restr over arnes in s...

Attributes
ACN	588699
Time
Date	200307
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : arnes
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9400 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	arrival star : civet 4
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	588699
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

First officer was flying the civet 4 arrival. He had programmed the autoplt to do a profile descent, and was on profile meeting all altitude restrs on the descent. Slightly outside arnes, he became preoccupied with descending fast enough to be at fuelr at 8000 ft. Every time he tried to put a constraint in the mcdu of 8000 ft at fuelr, he got a message 'too steep path.' in an effort to try to get down to 8000 ft at fuelr, he selected an 'open descent' with 8000 ft in the altitude window. He forgot about the arnes 10000 ft restr and the suzzi 9000 ft restr. I caught him going through 10000 ft and told him to level off. The aircraft descended to 9400 ft and crossed arnes at 9400 ft. Conditions were VMC. No TCASII alert took place. No traffic conflicts were observed. Altitude deviation could have been prevented had first officer communicated his change from profile descent to open descent or done the open descent and put 10000 ft in the altitude window until arnes, 9000 ft until suzzi, and then 8000 ft until fuelr.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A321 CAPT RPTED THAT HE AND HIS FO DID NOT MAKE A XING RESTR OVER ARNES IN SCT AIRSPACE.

Narrative: FO WAS FLYING THE CIVET 4 ARR. HE HAD PROGRAMMED THE AUTOPLT TO DO A PROFILE DSCNT, AND WAS ON PROFILE MEETING ALL ALT RESTRS ON THE DSCNT. SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE ARNES, HE BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH DSNDING FAST ENOUGH TO BE AT FUELR AT 8000 FT. EVERY TIME HE TRIED TO PUT A CONSTRAINT IN THE MCDU OF 8000 FT AT FUELR, HE GOT A MESSAGE 'TOO STEEP PATH.' IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET DOWN TO 8000 FT AT FUELR, HE SELECTED AN 'OPEN DSCNT' WITH 8000 FT IN THE ALT WINDOW. HE FORGOT ABOUT THE ARNES 10000 FT RESTR AND THE SUZZI 9000 FT RESTR. I CAUGHT HIM GOING THROUGH 10000 FT AND TOLD HIM TO LEVEL OFF. THE ACFT DSNDED TO 9400 FT AND CROSSED ARNES AT 9400 FT. CONDITIONS WERE VMC. NO TCASII ALERT TOOK PLACE. NO TFC CONFLICTS WERE OBSERVED. ALTDEV COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD FO COMMUNICATED HIS CHANGE FROM PROFILE DSCNT TO OPEN DSCNT OR DONE THE OPEN DSCNT AND PUT 10000 FT IN THE ALT WINDOW UNTIL ARNES, 9000 FT UNTIL SUZZI, AND THEN 8000 FT UNTIL FUELR.

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.

An A321 captain reported that he and his first officer did not make a crossing restr over arnes in sct airspace.