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An A321 flight crew consisting of a new hire first officer and a captain on his first flight in command failed to make a required crossing while descending via the ivane RNAV arrival to clt. Multiple interruptions of the STAR by ATC and a loss or autoflight mode awareness were cited as contributing factors.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1209098 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZTL.ARTCC |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR IVANE |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Descending via the ivane arrival. First officer was pilot flying and handling comms while I was performing ECAM.atlanta vectored us off the arrival and imposed new altitude and speed restrictions. First officer experienced mode reversion to V/south and was slow to resume descent. ATC asked if we were descending. First officer remarked that he might have been a little high on the crossing restriction.task saturation and being low time. First trip as captain. First officer new hire. I was not monitoring effectively while performing the ECAM. I should have held the ECAM until I was satisfied that all restrictions would be complied with by the PF. I will try and listen harder to ATC if I am off performing ECAM actions while PNF. I will try and monitor more effectively while PNF.multiple vectors; runway changes; and added crossing restrictions and modifications to arrival. We were probably both task saturated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A321 flight crew consisting of a new hire First Officer and a Captain on his first flight in command failed to make a required crossing while descending via the IVANE RNAV arrival to CLT. Multiple interruptions of the STAR by ATC and a loss or autoflight mode awareness were cited as contributing factors.
Narrative: Descending via the Ivane arrival. FO was pilot flying and handling comms while I was performing ECAM.Atlanta vectored us off the arrival and imposed new altitude and speed restrictions. FO experienced mode reversion to V/S and was slow to resume descent. ATC asked if we were descending. FO remarked that he might have been a little high on the crossing restriction.Task saturation and being low time. First trip as Captain. FO new hire. I was not monitoring effectively while performing the ECAM. I should have held the ECAM until I was satisfied that all restrictions would be complied with by the PF. I will try and listen harder to ATC if I am off performing ECAM actions while PNF. I will try and monitor more effectively while PNF.Multiple vectors; runway changes; and added crossing restrictions and modifications to arrival. We were probably both task saturated.
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.