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Miscommunication between ATC and flight crew of medium large transport about descent clearance to one zero thousand or one one thousand.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 119807 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198908 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rdu |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 11000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : v66 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 220 |
| ASRS Report | 119807 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 119830 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Center claims they cleared us to cross argal at 11,000. We understood it to be 10,000. Center advised us when we were leveling 10,000 that our restriction was 11,000 but they had coordinated 10,000 for us.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN ATC AND FLT CREW OF MLG ABOUT DESCENT CLRNC TO ONE ZERO THOUSAND OR ONE ONE THOUSAND.
Narrative: CENTER CLAIMS THEY CLRED US TO CROSS ARGAL AT 11,000. WE UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE 10,000. CENTER ADVISED US WHEN WE WERE LEVELING 10,000 THAT OUR RESTRICTION WAS 11,000 BUT THEY HAD COORDINATED 10,000 FOR US.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.