B737-300 flight crew reports being assigned mach .76 during the eagul 3 RNAV to phx. The next contro...

Attributes
ACN	839573
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZAB.ARTCC
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR EAGUL3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 251
Person 2
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 251
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

While flying the eagul 3 RNAV STAR into phx; abq center gave us an airspeed of .75M for traffic flow into phx. The same controller then increased our speed to .76M. We changed frequencies to another abq center controller and checked in (but did not mention any speed). About 2 miles short of payso intersection; the center controller asked us our speed and I replied .76M as assigned. He became 'testy' about our required speed of 280 on the STAR. We were about 305 KTS at the time and we slowed to 280 immediately. We were never given any clearance to descend 'via the eagul 3' prior to the controller questioning our speed. In review of the incident; I should have slowed to the STAR speed and informed center that we were slowing. I'm not sure if the controller is filing a report or not.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 flight crew reports being assigned Mach .76 during the EAGUL 3 RNAV to PHX. The next Controller was upset that the crew had not complied with the 280 KT speed restriction at PAYSO.

Narrative: While flying the EAGUL 3 RNAV STAR into PHX; ABQ Center gave us an airspeed of .75M for traffic flow into PHX. The same Controller then increased our speed to .76M. We changed frequencies to another ABQ Center Controller and checked in (but did not mention any speed). About 2 miles short of PAYSO intersection; the Center Controller asked us our speed and I replied .76M as assigned. He became 'testy' about our required speed of 280 on the STAR. We were about 305 KTS at the time and we slowed to 280 immediately. We were never given any clearance to descend 'via the EAGUL 3' prior to the Controller questioning our speed. In review of the incident; I should have slowed to the STAR speed and informed Center that we were slowing. I'm not sure if the Controller is filing a report or not.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

B737-300 flight crew reports being assigned mach .76 during the eagul 3 RNAV to phx. The next controller was upset that the crew had not complied with the 280 KT speed restriction at payso.