ATC flight crew miscom 11000 ft crossing restr at owbie vice holey.

Attributes
ACN	389320
Time
Date	199712
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : rbv
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 14000
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc tower : oma
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	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	389320
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	389466
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : undershoot non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Cleared by ZDC to cross holey at 11000 ft. Both first officer and I mistook it as cross owbie at 11000 ft. First officer read back clearance as cross owbie at 11000 ft. Supplemental information from acn 389466: this is the last fix on the rbv arrival in to ewr. Later as we became close to holey intersection, the controller asked us to start a maximum rate descent, which we did. We asked if our restr was owbie at 11000 ft and the controller said it was holey. It would be better if there weren't 2 intxns on the same arrival that sound so much alike.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC FLC MISCOM 11000 FT XING RESTR AT OWBIE VICE HOLEY.

Narrative: CLRED BY ZDC TO CROSS HOLEY AT 11000 FT. BOTH FO AND I MISTOOK IT AS CROSS OWBIE AT 11000 FT. FO READ BACK CLRNC AS CROSS OWBIE AT 11000 FT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 389466: THIS IS THE LAST FIX ON THE RBV ARR IN TO EWR. LATER AS WE BECAME CLOSE TO HOLEY INTXN, THE CTLR ASKED US TO START A MAX RATE DSCNT, WHICH WE DID. WE ASKED IF OUR RESTR WAS OWBIE AT 11000 FT AND THE CTLR SAID IT WAS HOLEY. IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THERE WEREN'T 2 INTXNS ON THE SAME ARR THAT SOUND SO MUCH ALIKE.

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.