A B757 flight crew failed to cross vitev intersection at assigned airspeed as required on the arriva...

Attributes
ACN	438090
Time
Date	199905
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : vitev
State Reference	BC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 11000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	arrival star : stave 6
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	438090
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	438089
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

As we were approaching vancouver and cleared direct to the booth intersection and maintain 300 KTS. We were then cleared for the stave 6 arrival, descend and maintain 10000 ft. I felt uncomfortable descending all the way down to 10000 ft. Immediately even though we were VMC and I had turned on the egpws. Because it was the first time I had flown the stave 6 and because we were off the airway and the grid moras were high in that area. Safe altitudes inside of booth are shown on the arrival page. We leveled off at 11000 ft and I kept scanning the radio altimeter. As we were close to the booth intersection we received a TA from approach control for VFR traffic coming toward us from the opposite direction. It took a few moments to find the traffic. I then noticed that we were already close to vitev and still going 300 KTS. The first officer retarded the throttles to idle and deployed full speed brakes. The controller told us to reduce speed and we were able to slow to the 230 KT restr a few mi inside of vitev. We then continued our descent into cyvr. I did not realize how close booth and vitev were until after the fact.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 FLC FAILED TO CROSS VITEV INTXN AT ASSIGNED AIRSPD AS REQUIRED ON THE ARR TO CYVR.

Narrative: AS WE WERE APCHING VANCOUVER AND CLRED DIRECT TO THE BOOTH INTXN AND MAINTAIN 300 KTS. WE WERE THEN CLRED FOR THE STAVE 6 ARR, DSND AND MAINTAIN 10000 FT. I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE DSNDING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 10000 FT. IMMEDIATELY EVEN THOUGH WE WERE VMC AND I HAD TURNED ON THE EGPWS. BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD FLOWN THE STAVE 6 AND BECAUSE WE WERE OFF THE AIRWAY AND THE GRID MORAS WERE HIGH IN THAT AREA. SAFE ALTS INSIDE OF BOOTH ARE SHOWN ON THE ARR PAGE. WE LEVELED OFF AT 11000 FT AND I KEPT SCANNING THE RADIO ALTIMETER. AS WE WERE CLOSE TO THE BOOTH INTXN WE RECEIVED A TA FROM APCH CTL FOR VFR TFC COMING TOWARD US FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. IT TOOK A FEW MOMENTS TO FIND THE TFC. I THEN NOTICED THAT WE WERE ALREADY CLOSE TO VITEV AND STILL GOING 300 KTS. THE FO RETARDED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE AND DEPLOYED FULL SPD BRAKES. THE CTLR TOLD US TO REDUCE SPD AND WE WERE ABLE TO SLOW TO THE 230 KT RESTR A FEW MI INSIDE OF VITEV. WE THEN CONTINUED OUR DSCNT INTO CYVR. I DID NOT REALIZE HOW CLOSE BOOTH AND VITEV WERE UNTIL AFTER THE FACT.

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.

A B757 flight crew failed to cross vitev intersection at assigned airspeed as required on the arrival to cyvr.