EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Workload; Time Pressure; Confusion; Distraction
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Aircraft; Weather
We were distracted by the two FRDMM fixes that were in the FMS for the FRDMM 1 arrival and in attempting to be sure we deleted the right one (due to the fact that the first FRDMM would've had us flying in the completely wrong direction). I had my head down and I did not have a descent rate set that would ensure we crossed MORLL between FL200 and 17000. We crossed MORLL at FL211.The FMS needs to be fixed. Next time I will transfer controls to the First Officer so he/she can monitor the descent while I correct the malfunction in the FMS.
While on the FRDMM 1 we were distracted trying to delete the proper FRDMM fix from the FMS. Due to the distraction and tailwind we did not make the crossing restriction of FL200 at FRDMM. We advised ATC that we were too high; and they confirmed that there was no violation.Modify the FMS to eliminate the need to remove the duplicate fix.
An ERJ crew on the DCA FRDMM 1 Arrival was deleting duplicate FRDMM FMS waypoints and failed to begin the descent which caused the aircraft to cross MORLL at FL211 instead of FL200.