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Flight crew descends prior to receiving clearance after declaring a passenger medical emergency and requesting descent clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 321392 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199511 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 321392 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 321393 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
Narrative:
About 25 mins from dfw a flight attendant advised a passenger was receiving oxygen. Passenger condition deteriorated and medical doctor aboard advised us to expedite landing. We declared a medical emergency and were given clearance to dfw. I started descent prior to receiving clearance. Deviation was about 500 ft. Landing was normal. Passenger was met by paramedic at gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC DSNDS PRIOR TO RECEIVING CLRNC AFTER DECLARING A PAX MEDICAL EMER AND REQUESTING DSCNT CLRNC.
Narrative: ABOUT 25 MINS FROM DFW A FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED A PAX WAS RECEIVING OXYGEN. PAX CONDITION DETERIORATED AND MEDICAL DOCTOR ABOARD ADVISED US TO EXPEDITE LNDG. WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER AND WERE GIVEN CLRNC TO DFW. I STARTED DSCNT PRIOR TO RECEIVING CLRNC. DEV WAS ABOUT 500 FT. LNDG WAS NORMAL. PAX WAS MET BY PARAMEDIC AT GATE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.