Flight crew fails to comply with published altitude restr.

Attributes
ACN	302590
Time
Date	199504
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zyz airport : yyz
State Reference	ON
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 12000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : czyz
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-8 63
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9700 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	302590
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Turned over to toronto center from ZOB 'cleared the profile descent runway 6L&right pearson proceed direct linng intersection.' at approximately 60 DME (yyz VOR) inbound from airco intersection, started descent to 10000 ft without using the FL180 - 12000 ft at the iston 39 442 DME arc. Clearance should include to bypass 12000 ft restr or not. Iston and abcio were not in flight plan route.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FAILS TO COMPLY WITH PUBLISHED ALT RESTR.

Narrative: TURNED OVER TO TORONTO CTR FROM ZOB 'CLRED THE PROFILE DSCNT RWY 6L&R PEARSON PROCEED DIRECT LINNG INTXN.' AT APPROX 60 DME (YYZ VOR) INBOUND FROM AIRCO INTXN, STARTED DSCNT TO 10000 FT WITHOUT USING THE FL180 - 12000 FT AT THE ISTON 39 442 DME ARC. CLRNC SHOULD INCLUDE TO BYPASS 12000 FT RESTR OR NOT. ISTON AND ABCIO WERE NOT IN FLT PLAN RTE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.