B757 flight crew is cleared to fly the BLUZZ1 arrival landing north transition and expect runway 27....

Narrative:

While descending via the BLUZZ1 RNAV STAR; we were given descent via BLUZZ1 landing (north) trans. We had briefed and planned on landing runway 27 in memphis. After determining we would in fact probably get runway 27; we built the approach and transition with runway 27 and BLUZZ1. We received a call from memphis ATC inquiring if we were descending via the north transition and were told it was not a problem but had not met the ltown airspeed/altitude restriction of 280 KTS between 16;000-14;000. We learned that by programming runway 27 with the BLUZZ1 arrival; it has you turning towards copen and never crossing ltown; basically setting you up for the landing (south) transition. We did in fact receive clearance for runway 27 and the rest of the arrival and approach were uneventful. [Mistake was caused by] not double checking the airspeed/alt restrictions and headings associated with arrivals. I believe the notes on the BLUZZ1 STAR helped in creating confusion. The note at copen includes landing south runways 9; 18L/C/right; 27; while the landing north includes runways 36L/C/right without runway 27. So we would have had to build the approach to one of the 36's and at the last minute switch to runway 27. The programming did not take into consideration runway 27 with landing north flow. I think a ball note warning against this would have helped.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew is cleared to fly the BLUZZ1 arrival landing north transition and expect Runway 27. When Runway 27 is entered in the FMC the landing south transition is automatically selected which the crew does not detect until noted by ATC.

Narrative: While descending via the BLUZZ1 RNAV STAR; we were given descent via BLUZZ1 landing (north) trans. We had briefed and planned on landing Runway 27 in Memphis. After determining we would in fact probably get Runway 27; we built the approach and transition with Runway 27 and BLUZZ1. We received a call from Memphis ATC inquiring if we were descending via the north transition and were told it was not a problem but had not met the LTOWN airspeed/altitude restriction of 280 KTS between 16;000-14;000. We learned that by programming Runway 27 with the BLUZZ1 arrival; it has you turning towards COPEN and never crossing LTOWN; basically setting you up for the landing (south) transition. We did in fact receive clearance for Runway 27 and the rest of the arrival and approach were uneventful. [mistake was caused by] not double checking the airspeed/alt restrictions and headings associated with arrivals. I believe the notes on the BLUZZ1 STAR helped in creating confusion. The note at COPEN includes landing south runways 9; 18L/C/R; 27; while the landing north includes runways 36L/C/R without Runway 27. So we would have had to build the approach to one of the 36's and at the last minute switch to Runway 27. The programming did not take into consideration Runway 27 with landing north flow. I think a ball note warning against this would have helped.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1157389
Time
Date	201403
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MEM.Airport
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR BLUZZ ONE
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Check Pilot Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

B757 flight crew is cleared to fly the BLUZZ1 arrival landing north transition and expect runway 27. When runway 27 is entered in the FMC the landing south transition is automatically selected which the crew does not detect until noted by ATC.