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An air carrier flight crew descends to 24000 ft, but the ARTCC radar controller says that they were only cleared to 25000 ft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 325190 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : gdm |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 24000 msl bound upper : 25000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 14350 flight time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 325190 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 26000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 324903 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
We were holding at gdm VORTAC. Controller told us to descend to FL240. Passing FL245 she said we should have stopped our descent at FL25O, but told us to continue to FL240. There was no conflict and nothing more was said.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC DSNDS TO 24000 FT, BUT THE ARTCC RADAR CTLR SAYS THAT THEY WERE ONLY CLRED TO 25000 FT.
Narrative: WE WERE HOLDING AT GDM VORTAC. CTLR TOLD US TO DSND TO FL240. PASSING FL245 SHE SAID WE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED OUR DSCNT AT FL25O, BUT TOLD US TO CONTINUE TO FL240. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT AND NOTHING MORE WAS SAID.
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.