A320 crew did not comply with STAR altitude restr, when STAR was changed at the last min.

Attributes
ACN	579316
Time
Date	200304
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : lax.vortac
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 17000 msl bound upper : 17800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other other vortac
Route In Use	arrival star : mitts one
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	579316
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : insufficient time
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : sct.tracon

Narrative:

Level at FL180. The civet 4 arrival was programmed into the FMS. Just prior to civet, socal approach reclred us to lax via the mitts one arrival and to descend via the mitts one. We accepted the clearance. The first officer reprogrammed the FMS as I looked in my charts for the procedure. Quickly realized the mitts arrival had the same crossing restr (cross between 17000 ft and 14000 ft) as the civet 4 arrival. Started an immediate descent, but crossed civet intersection at 17800 ft, not between 17000 ft and 14000 ft. I feel we were given the new clearance late. I was not familiar with the newly cleared arrival, which caused me to miss the altitude restr.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 CREW DID NOT COMPLY WITH STAR ALT RESTR, WHEN STAR WAS CHANGED AT THE LAST MIN.

Narrative: LEVEL AT FL180. THE CIVET 4 ARR WAS PROGRAMMED INTO THE FMS. JUST PRIOR TO CIVET, SOCAL APCH RECLRED US TO LAX VIA THE MITTS ONE ARR AND TO DSND VIA THE MITTS ONE. WE ACCEPTED THE CLRNC. THE FO REPROGRAMMED THE FMS AS I LOOKED IN MY CHARTS FOR THE PROC. QUICKLY REALIZED THE MITTS ARR HAD THE SAME XING RESTR (CROSS BTWN 17000 FT AND 14000 FT) AS THE CIVET 4 ARR. STARTED AN IMMEDIATE DSCNT, BUT CROSSED CIVET INTXN AT 17800 FT, NOT BTWN 17000 FT AND 14000 FT. I FEEL WE WERE GIVEN THE NEW CLRNC LATE. I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NEWLY CLRED ARR, WHICH CAUSED ME TO MISS THE ALT RESTR.

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.