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An air carrier captain reported that flying the mem GQE3 arrival; ZME cleared the crew to 10;000 ft prior to beert but the crew erroneously heard and read back 16;000 ft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 955688 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZME.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TN |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR GQE 3 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Descending on the GQE3 arrival to mem; mem center gives a 16;000 ft restriction 10 DME from GQE3. Upon checking in with mem approach control; they were asking why we were not at 10;000 ft. Our readback to ARTCC was 16;000 ft 10 DME from gqe; when it should have been 10;000 ft. The GQE3 has a transition error from our direction; so the route assigned was not as published. This may have caused us not seeing that a 10;000 ft restriction was in the area we were in.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Carrier Captain reported that flying the MEM GQE3 arrival; ZME cleared the crew to 10;000 FT prior to BEERT but the crew erroneously heard and read back 16;000 FT.
Narrative: Descending on the GQE3 arrival to MEM; MEM Center gives a 16;000 FT restriction 10 DME from GQE3. Upon checking in with MEM Approach Control; they were asking why we were not at 10;000 FT. Our readback to ARTCC was 16;000 FT 10 DME from GQE; when it should have been 10;000 FT. The GQE3 has a transition error from our direction; so the route assigned was not as published. This may have caused us not seeing that a 10;000 FT restriction was in the area we were in.
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.