Flight crew flying emb jet exceeded 250 kt restriction under 10;000 ft.

Attributes
ACN	1679934
Time
Date	201909
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Embraer Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Total 3281
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

We departed ZZZ off of runway X climbing up to 8;000 ft as depicted on the SID (standard instrument departure); I leveled off and was maintaining about 240 KTS hand flying the aircraft. Shortly after we got a climb to 9;000 ft and instructions to intercept a course to resume the departure. I asked for the autopilot on at this time since it was high task saturation time of the flight while the captain was entering the course into the FMS (flight management system) to intercept. Initially the FMS did not take the input on what the captain asked it to do; we leveled off at 9;000ft and I got distracted trying to see what the FMS was going to do. We accelerated to 267 KTS before I realized the speed. I then reduced the power back to 245 KTS and continued the trip at 9;000 ft. ATC did not notice or call us so we just slowed down and continued on. No aircraft limitations were exceeded and no delays came from this event. When we leveled off; we were both distracted with the FMS programming how it was not doing what we wanted and had our heads down causing a distraction and allowing to airspeed to go past 250 KTS under 10;000ft. Maybe next time I should turn the autopilot on earlier in busy bravo airspace and when task saturation is high. Also if the FMS is not doing what we want; better off to just manually maneuver the aircraft to prevent distractions like this from occurring again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Crew flying EMB jet exceeded 250 kt restriction under 10;000 ft.

Narrative: We departed ZZZ off of Runway X climbing up to 8;000 FT as depicted on the SID (Standard Instrument Departure); I leveled off and was maintaining about 240 KTS hand flying the aircraft. Shortly after we got a climb to 9;000 FT and instructions to intercept a course to resume the departure. I asked for the autopilot on at this time since it was high task saturation time of the flight while the Captain was entering the course into the FMS (Flight Management System) to intercept. Initially the FMS did not take the input on what the Captain asked it to do; we leveled off at 9;000ft and I got distracted trying to see what the FMS was going to do. We accelerated to 267 KTS before I realized the speed. I then reduced the power back to 245 KTS and continued the trip at 9;000 ft. ATC did not notice or call us so we just slowed down and continued on. No aircraft limitations were exceeded and no delays came from this event. When we leveled off; we were both distracted with the FMS programming how it was not doing what we wanted and had our heads down causing a distraction and allowing to airspeed to go past 250 KTS under 10;000ft. Maybe next time I should turn the autopilot on earlier in busy bravo airspace and when task saturation is high. Also if the FMS is not doing what we want; better off to just manually maneuver the aircraft to prevent distractions like this from occurring again.

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