Air carrier B757 flight crew, on STAR, descending, advise ATC that they will not be able to meet altitude crossing restr. ATC issues new altitude restr of FL190 while aircraft is set up in a 4000 FPM descent mode, descending through FL200. Aircraft stops descent at 18600 ft and returns to FL190.

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Attributes
ACN	410690
Time
Date	199808
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 18600 msl bound upper : 20000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
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 : approach descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
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 : 10000 flight time type : 170
ASRS Report	410690
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

A late clearance to cross logen at 14000 ft resulted in a maximum effort (level change) descent to comply. Seeing we could not make the restr, we notified center descending through FL200 at 4000 FPM. Center responded by telling us to maintain FL190. Aircraft descended through FL190 by about 400 ft before descent could be stopped and FL190 maintained.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR B757 FLC, ON STAR, DSNDING, ADVISE ATC THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET ALT XING RESTR. ATC ISSUES NEW ALT RESTR OF FL190 WHILE ACFT IS SET UP IN A 4000 FPM DSCNT MODE, DSNDING THROUGH FL200. ACFT STOPS DSCNT AT 18600 FT AND RETURNS TO FL190.

Narrative: A LATE CLRNC TO CROSS LOGEN AT 14000 FT RESULTED IN A MAX EFFORT (LEVEL CHANGE) DSCNT TO COMPLY. SEEING WE COULD NOT MAKE THE RESTR, WE NOTIFIED CTR DSNDING THROUGH FL200 AT 4000 FPM. CTR RESPONDED BY TELLING US TO MAINTAIN FL190. ACFT DSNDED THROUGH FL190 BY ABOUT 400 FT BEFORE DSCNT COULD BE STOPPED AND FL190 MAINTAINED.

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.