Air carrier flight crew reported a track and altitude deviation occurred on arrival into den after r...

Attributes
ACN	1598041
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	DEN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR FRNCH THREE
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 6065 Flight Crew Type 1668
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 10923 Flight Crew Type 3164
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Requested digital ATIS 3 times; reply was 'not available'. We inquired on what runways were in use from denver center and they responded that they were landing north. The pilot flying loaded the frnch 3 arrival; ILS 35L. As we were descending via the frnch 3 arrival we were given the RNAV (rnp) Z 34R very late in the approach. I loaded the arrival into the FMC and made a mistake on the boobu transition. Caught it a few miles prior to himom [and] quickly reentered the approach with the himom transition. I grabbed himom and put it at the top of the legs page. We did not notice the route discontinuity until we were right on top of himom. We were fixing our mistake when ATC said fly heading I believe it was 170 maintain 10;000 feet. [I] reprogrammed [the] MCP and flew as directed. Then we were being vectored for the ILS visual to 34R; descend to 9000 feet; and shortly [thereafter] to 8000 feet. We were descending below 9000 when ATC said we were only cleared to 9000. The remainder of the approach and landing were uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported a track and altitude deviation occurred on arrival into DEN after receiving a very late clearance for the RNAV (RNP) Z Approach to 34R.

Narrative: Requested digital ATIS 3 times; reply was 'not available'. We inquired on what runways were in use from Denver Center and they responded that they were landing north. The Pilot Flying loaded the Frnch 3 Arrival; ILS 35L. As we were descending via the Frnch 3 Arrival we were given the RNAV (RNP) Z 34R very late in the approach. I loaded the arrival into the FMC and made a mistake on the BOOBU transition. Caught it a few miles prior to HIMOM [and] quickly reentered the approach with the HIMOM transition. I grabbed HIMOM and put it at the top of the legs page. We did not notice the route discontinuity until we were right on top of HIMOM. We were fixing our mistake when ATC said fly heading I believe it was 170 maintain 10;000 feet. [I] reprogrammed [the] MCP and flew as directed. Then we were being vectored for the ILS visual to 34R; descend to 9000 feet; and shortly [thereafter] to 8000 feet. We were descending below 9000 when ATC said we were only cleared to 9000. The remainder of the approach and landing were uneventful.

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.

Air carrier flight crew reported a track and altitude deviation occurred on arrival into den after receiving a very late clearance for the RNAV (rnp) Z approach to 34R.