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Attributes | |
ACN | 1700015 |
Time | |
Date | 201911 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Descent |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 193 Flight Crew Total 1140 Flight Crew Type 1140 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
I was told by an internist and medlink that my passenger would not live more than 1 hour. We made the decision to divert to ZZZ. We were coming in very high. We could not comply with a crossing restriction. I came back into the loop from handling the medical issue and took the plane back from the first officer. I noted we were 3;000 feet high at the final approach fix. I did not want to risk going around. I asked for the gear down at 8;000 ft. After a couple minutes we had lost the extra altitude and I asked for the gear up. I was at 242 kts. I unintentionally exceeded the gear retraction speed. I should have noted the limit; but was prejudiced flying other equipment that 242 kts was slow enough to retract the gear. We made a write up. The exceedance was cleared by maintenance control. We exceeded the retraction speed by 7 kts. No damage to the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported that distraction during a time critical medical diversion caused him to exceed a landing gear speed limitation.
Narrative: I was told by an Internist and Medlink that my passenger would not live more than 1 hour. We made the decision to divert to ZZZ. We were coming in very high. We could not comply with a crossing restriction. I came back into the loop from handling the medical issue and took the plane back from the First Officer. I noted we were 3;000 feet high at the final approach fix. I did not want to risk going around. I asked for the gear down at 8;000 ft. After a couple minutes we had lost the extra altitude and I asked for the gear up. I was at 242 kts. I unintentionally exceeded the gear retraction speed. I should have noted the limit; but was prejudiced flying other equipment that 242 kts was slow enough to retract the gear. We made a write up. The exceedance was cleared by Maintenance Control. We exceeded the retraction speed by 7 kts. No damage to the aircraft.
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