B737 flight crew reports being issued a crossing restriction of 4000 ft. Upon frequency change a sub...

Attributes
ACN	841743
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	BWI.Airport
State Reference	MD
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-300
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR RAVNN
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Type 200
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 266 Flight Crew Type 5500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

While on the ravnn arrival into bwi; we had made the restriction of 250 and 11;000 ft at billt (sp). We were then cleared to navvy on the ravvn arrival in preparation for a visual approach to runway 10. We queried the controller whether or not he still needed 250 for the speed. At this point; he gave us a crossing restriction of 4000 ft at navvy; and said that speed was our discretion in order to make that restriction. We kept the speed at 250 since it was time to descend in order to meet the restriction. A hand off was made from this particular controller to the next approach controller. As we were approaching 6000 ft; the controller asked our altitude. We told him approaching 6000 ft to make the restriction at 4000 ft at navvy. He told us to level at 6000 ft because we were supposed to have leveled off at 7000 ft. We leveled off at 6000 ft and continued with the rest of the descent into runway 10 at bwi

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reports being issued a crossing restriction of 4000 FT. Upon frequency change a subsequent Controller advised the flight had been cleared to 6000 FT.

Narrative: While on the RAVNN arrival into BWI; we had made the restriction of 250 and 11;000 FT at BILLT (sp). We were then cleared to NAVVY on the RAVVN Arrival in preparation for a visual approach to Runway 10. We queried the Controller whether or not he still needed 250 for the speed. At this point; he gave us a crossing restriction of 4000 FT at NAVVY; and said that speed was our discretion in order to make that restriction. We kept the speed at 250 since it was time to descend in order to meet the restriction. A hand off was made from this particular Controller to the next Approach Controller. As we were approaching 6000 FT; the Controller asked our altitude. We told him approaching 6000 FT to make the restriction at 4000 FT at NAVVY. He told us to level at 6000 FT because we were supposed to have leveled off at 7000 FT. We leveled off at 6000 FT and continued with the rest of the descent into Runway 10 at BWI

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 flight crew reports being issued a crossing restriction of 4000 ft. Upon frequency change a subsequent controller advised the flight had been cleared to 6000 ft.