<< >> NASA ASRS Report 883511, April 2010

Air carrier flight crew fails to make crossing restriction during descent. Captain believes the primary cause is the upgraded glass instrument displays which the crew is not familiar with.

Attributes
ACN	883511
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	MCO.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

Deviation from clearance altitude; crossed waypoint too high. We had an upgraded instrument display. Neither of us had had flown one in a long time. Cleared to cross hkuna at FL270; we did not start descent in time to comply.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier flight crew fails to make crossing restriction during descent. Captain believes the primary cause is the upgraded glass instrument displays which the crew is not familiar with.

Narrative: Deviation from clearance altitude; crossed waypoint too high. We had an upgraded instrument display. Neither of us had had flown one in a long time. Cleared to cross HKUNA at FL270; we did not start descent in time to comply.

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.