B737 FLT CREW OVERLOOKED THE ALT RESTRICTION AT 'ZOOBE' ON THE WEVIC RNAV DEP; AND CLIMBED THROUGH THE MANDATORY 14000 FT.
Synopsis
B737 FLT CREW OVERLOOKED THE ALT RESTRICTION AT 'ZOOBE' ON THE WEVIC RNAV DEP; AND CLIMBED THROUGH THE MANDATORY 14000 FT.
Narrative
RECEIVED INITIAL CLRNC FOR THE WEVIC ONE RNAV DEP FROM SLC KSINO TRANSITION AS FILED. THE WEVIC ONE STATES AT TOP TO MAINTAIN 16000 FT. I (FO); READ THE FILED CLRNC AS WEVIC ONE DEP KSINO TRANSITION; X ARR INTO CITY; KSINO TRANSITION. HOWEVER; THERE IS NO KSINO TRANSITION IN FMC; SO SPENT TIME QUESTIONING CAPT AND CLRNC DELIVERY ABOUT OUR RTE OF FLT AND ALSO TOOK EXTRA TIME INPUTTING RTE INTO FMC. INBOUND FLT HAD BEEN 5 MINS LATE ARRIVING; SO ALREADY A LITTLE SHORT ON TIME. I GAVE A HURRIED CLRNC BRIEFING; AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE 14000 FT MANDATORY ALT AT ZOOBE; INSTEAD STATING ONLY THAT WE WERE CLRED TO 16000 FT WHICH WAS SET IN ALT WINDOW. CAPT ALSO FAILED TO NOTICE THE RESTR AT ZOOBE. WHILE TAXIING; GND CTL ADVISED US TO EXPECT DEP FROM RWY 17; VERSUS RWY 16L AS WE PLANNED. COCKPIT JUMPSEAT RIDERS ASSISTED WITH PERFORMANCE PLANNING WHILE I REPROGRAMMED FMC FOR RWY 17; AGAIN; TAKING OUR CONCENTRATION AWAY FROM THE UPCOMING DEP. OTHERWISE; TAXI; TKOF; AND DEP WERE UNEVENTFUL UNTIL ZLC ADVISED US AS WE WERE PASSING APPROX 14500 FT WITH GREATER THAN 4000 FPM CLB; THAT THERE WAS A 14000 FT RESTR AT ZOOBE. I RESPONDED TO THE CALL; BUT BY THE TIME WE WERE ABLE TO LEVEL OFF; WE HAD REACHED 16000 FT AND CTR THEN CLRED US TO REMAIN AT 16000 FT; ADVISED US OF OUR DEV AND GAVE US A NUMBER TO CALL. CTR ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST DAY USING THIS DEP; AND WE WERE AT LEAST THE 6TH ACFT TO MISS THE ZOOBE RESTR. OBVIOUSLY MORE ATTN TO DETAIL DURING THE CLRNC BRIEFING WOULD HAVE ALLEVIATED THIS PROB. HOWEVER; IN MY ADMITTEDLY LIMITED EXPERIENCE; THIS DEP SEEMS ABNORMAL. MOST OTHER DEPS WITH A HARD ALT LOWER THAN INITIAL CLRNC ALT HAVE THE HARD ALT VERY CLOSE (INSIDE OF 10 MI) TO THE AIRFIELD. BOTH THE CAPT AND I HAD NOTED THE EARLIER RESTR AT MYRUP AND INCORRECTLY ASSUMED THAT THERE WERE NO RESTRS FURTHER OUT THAT WERE A FACTOR. I FEEL THAT CHANGING THE ALT SECTION ON THE WEVIC ONE TO READ; 'MAINTAIN 14000' WOULD COMPLETELY ALLEVIATE THIS PROB.
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