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A B747 crew is challenged on their clearance when the approach controller claims they were not cleared down from 10000 ft at rjaa, first officer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 438361 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199905 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rjaa.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : rjtg.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 438361 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : issued advisory |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Received clearance from 10000 ft to descend to 6000 ft. At 9100 ft, controller said we were only cleared to 10000 ft. We had readback clearance when received. New clearance received to maintain 9000 ft, so we leveled at 9000 ft. No further problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B747 CREW IS CHALLENGED ON THEIR CLRNC WHEN THE APCH CTLR CLAIMS THEY WERE NOT CLRED DOWN FROM 10000 FT AT RJAA, FO.
Narrative: RECEIVED CLRNC FROM 10000 FT TO DSND TO 6000 FT. AT 9100 FT, CTLR SAID WE WERE ONLY CLRED TO 10000 FT. WE HAD READBACK CLRNC WHEN RECEIVED. NEW CLRNC RECEIVED TO MAINTAIN 9000 FT, SO WE LEVELED AT 9000 FT. NO FURTHER PROBS.
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.