Ce-560 captain reported an altitude deviation resulted from misunderstanding an ATC clearance on arr...

Attributes
ACN	1317425
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZDC.ARTCC
State Reference	VA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation III VI VII (C650)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR JAIKE3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 8500 Flight Crew Type 135
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was cleared to fly the JAIKE3 arrival to mmu. According to the STAR; we were to cross fubrr at 13;000; so we began to descend from FL240. The controller told me to level for now at FL200 saying that the STAR is intended to be used as to 'what to expect.' somehow; there was a miscommunication and misunderstanding about when and where to descend on the STAR.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE-560 Captain reported an altitude deviation resulted from misunderstanding an ATC clearance on arrival into MMU.

Narrative: I was cleared to fly the JAIKE3 arrival to MMU. According to the STAR; we were to cross FUBRR at 13;000; so we began to descend from FL240. The controller told me to level for now at FL200 saying that the STAR is intended to be used as to 'what to expect.' Somehow; there was a miscommunication and misunderstanding about when and where to descend on the STAR.

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.

Ce-560 captain reported an altitude deviation resulted from misunderstanding an ATC clearance on arrival into mmu.