Erj-175 flight crew reported they had a possible altitude deviation on approach to clt when they wer...

Attributes
ACN	1286157
Time
Date	201508
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.TRACON
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR IVANE5
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Tablet
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Approaching majic; atlanta center instructed us to descend via the ivane 5. As I read back the clearance; my ipad mount came unattached from the window and fell on my arm. This began my distraction from the flight; as I started reattaching my ipad and bracket to the window. Sometime after majic (now with clt approach;) we were told to slow to 210; turn left; and descend to 7;000. After that; the controller asked if we were given a descend via clearance; as we seemed kind of low. I responded yes; and then looked at our altitude. We were passing through 9;000 feet. I was then aware I had not been paying attention to our descent profile and was not sure if we missed a crossing altitude earlier on the arrival. I did not ask the controller if we had missed any altitudes. As I was unaware of any deviations; I am submitting this as a precaution.first; get electronic flight bag (efb) hard mounts. Second; I should not have allowed myself to become so distracted by re-attaching my efb mount. In the future; I will allow it to stay 'dislodged' until we are in a safe environment to reconnect it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ERJ-175 flight crew reported they had a possible altitude deviation on approach to CLT when they were distracted by the Captain's iPad mount coming loose and falling onto his arm.

Narrative: Approaching MAJIC; Atlanta Center instructed us to descend via the IVANE 5. As I read back the clearance; my iPad mount came unattached from the window and fell on my arm. This began my distraction from the flight; as I started reattaching my iPad and bracket to the window. Sometime after MAJIC (now with CLT Approach;) we were told to slow to 210; turn left; and descend to 7;000. After that; the controller asked if we were given a descend via clearance; as we seemed kind of low. I responded yes; and then looked at our altitude. We were passing through 9;000 feet. I was then aware I had not been paying attention to our descent profile and was not sure if we missed a crossing altitude earlier on the arrival. I did NOT ask the controller if we had missed any altitudes. As I was unaware of any deviations; I am submitting this as a precaution.First; get Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) hard mounts. Second; I should not have allowed myself to become so distracted by re-attaching my EFB mount. In the future; I will allow it to stay 'dislodged' until we are in a safe environment to reconnect it.

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.

Erj-175 flight crew reported they had a possible altitude deviation on approach to clt when they were distracted by the captain's ipad mount coming loose and falling onto his arm.