Crj-700 flight crew on edlee 4 STAR into dca; received runway change. After making appropriate FMS c...

Narrative:

During descent into dca flight was cleared by washington center to descend via eldee 4 arrival (ref dca eldee 4 arrival chart). During descent new ATIS indicated a runway change from landing runway 1 to runway 19 at dca. Change was made to FMS by non-flying pilot and changes confirmed by flying pilot/captain. After handoff to potomac approach we were queried as to whether we had been cleared to descend via the eldee 4 arrival. When we replied that we had; ATC advised us that we had begun the descent below 15000 ft before reaching revue intersection. We had crossed druzz intersection at 15000 ft when the runway change was entered into the FMS; but the revue intersection and it's 15000 ft crossing restriction dropped out of the flight plan. After discussing the problem; ATC told us that there was no problem this time; but that they at potomac approach had heard of other flight crews having the same problem on this specific arrival. Flight continued on to dca without further incident. Suspect FMS software issue that deletes waypoints from route when arrival runway is changed combined with high workload and closely spaced waypoints contributing to flight crew not noticing missing waypoint and crossing restriction.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-700 flight crew on EDLEE 4 STAR into DCA; received runway change. After making appropriate FMS changes; REVUE intersection dropped out and associated crossing restriction was not made.

Narrative: During descent into DCA flight was cleared by Washington Center to descend via ELDEE 4 ARRIVAL (ref DCA ELDEE 4 Arrival chart). During descent new ATIS indicated a runway change from landing Runway 1 to Runway 19 at DCA. Change was made to FMS by non-flying pilot and changes confirmed by flying pilot/Captain. After handoff to Potomac Approach we were queried as to whether we had been cleared to descend via the ELDEE 4 Arrival. When we replied that we had; ATC advised us that we had begun the descent below 15000 FT before reaching REVUE intersection. We had crossed DRUZZ intersection at 15000 FT when the runway change was entered into the FMS; but the REVUE intersection and it's 15000 FT crossing restriction dropped out of the flight plan. After discussing the problem; ATC told us that there was no problem this time; but that they at Potomac Approach had heard of other flight crews having the same problem on this specific arrival. Flight continued on to DCA without further incident. Suspect FMS software issue that deletes waypoints from route when arrival runway is changed combined with high workload and closely spaced waypoints contributing to flight crew not noticing missing waypoint and crossing restriction.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	832892
Time
Date	200904
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DCA.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	STAR ELDEE
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Crj-700 flight crew on edlee 4 STAR into dca; received runway change. After making appropriate FMS changes; revue intersection dropped out and associated crossing restriction was not made.