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Miscalculation in descent plan resulted in altitude deviation for medium large transport flight crew arriving into jfk.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 427260 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 19000 msl bound upper : 23000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| 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 : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 427260 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met altitude deviation : undershoot |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were instructed to cross hardy at FL230 on the lendy 4 arrival into jfk. I miscalculated the descent and was going to be high. The controller then instructed us to be at hardy at FL190, which we complied with. The cause for the error was simply I forgot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MISCALCULATION IN DSCNT PLAN RESULTED IN ALTDEV FOR MLG FLC ARRIVING INTO JFK.
Narrative: WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO CROSS HARDY AT FL230 ON THE LENDY 4 ARR INTO JFK. I MISCALCULATED THE DSCNT AND WAS GOING TO BE HIGH. THE CTLR THEN INSTRUCTED US TO BE AT HARDY AT FL190, WHICH WE COMPLIED WITH. THE CAUSE FOR THE ERROR WAS SIMPLY I FORGOT.
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.