<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1203348, September 2014

B737 flight crew reported becoming confused as to the lowest altitude to maintain during the eagul 5 arrival to phx landing east. The crew descended below 7;000 feet after hiney before asking ATC for guidance.

Attributes
ACN	1203348
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	PHX.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	STAR EAGUL 5
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 123
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

On the arrival we descended via to 7000 feet; as per the chart the last fix altitude was 4000 feet; not sure if we should continue to 4000 feet we continued descending past 7000 feet. When we asked approach they cleared us to 4000 feet. Momentary confusion on descending to 4000 feet.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported becoming confused as to the lowest altitude to maintain during the EAGUL 5 arrival to PHX landing east. The crew descended below 7;000 feet after HINEY before asking ATC for guidance.

Narrative: On the arrival we descended via to 7000 feet; as per the chart the last fix altitude was 4000 feet; not sure if we should continue to 4000 feet we continued descending past 7000 feet. When we asked Approach they cleared us to 4000 feet. Momentary confusion on descending to 4000 feet.

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.