A pilot began a descent to cross cartr at 14;000 feet on the slc brigham city three arrival but pass...

Attributes
ACN	1308005
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZLC.ARTCC
State Reference	UT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR BRIGHAM CITY3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

I was flying into slc at FL220 on the brigham city three arrival. I was cleared direct to cartr and instructed to descend at pilots discretion to cross cartr at 14;000 [feet]. A few minutes later I notified salt lake center that I was starting down. As I was descending below 15;000 for 14;000 center tells me to climb and maintain 16;000 and asks me what altitude I was cleared to. I said that I was cleared to cross cartr at 14;000. They then asked what I wanted and I said 14;000 then they re-cleared me to 14;000. ATC uses cartr as crossing restriction at various altitudes all the time. I think this error could be reduced if the brigham city three arrival had a crossing restriction for turbo props at cartr for a specific altitude; for example 14;000.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Pilot began a descent to cross CARTR at 14;000 feet on the SLC Brigham City Three Arrival but passing 15;000 feet was told return to 16;000 feet. The confused pilot commented ATC clears aircraft to cross CARTR at various altitudes but 14;000 feet for turboprops works best.

Narrative: I was flying into SLC at FL220 on the Brigham City Three Arrival. I was cleared direct to CARTR and instructed to descend at pilots discretion to cross CARTR at 14;000 [feet]. A few minutes later I notified Salt Lake Center that I was starting down. As I was descending below 15;000 for 14;000 center tells me to climb and maintain 16;000 and asks me what altitude I was cleared to. I said that I was cleared to cross CARTR at 14;000. They then asked what I wanted and I said 14;000 then they re-cleared me to 14;000. ATC uses CARTR as crossing restriction at various altitudes all the time. I think this error could be reduced if the Brigham City Three arrival had a crossing restriction for turbo props at CARTR for a specific altitude; for example 14;000.

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A pilot began a descent to cross cartr at 14;000 feet on the slc brigham city three arrival but passing 15;000 feet was told return to 16;000 feet. The confused pilot commented ATC clears aircraft to cross cartr at various altitudes but 14;000 feet for turboprops works best.