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Flight crew of a MD80 allowed airspeed to exceed 250 KTS below 10000 ft due to a distraction of comparing load manifests just received over ACARS!
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 352880 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4500 msl bound upper : 4500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 6200 |
| ASRS Report | 352880 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
PF was hand flying the aircraft when ACARS message was received. PF was distracted and compared the new load closeout to the old closeout to detect any changes and allowed airspeed to increase to 280 KTS through 4500 ft climbing to 10000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A MD80 ALLOWED AIRSPD TO EXCEED 250 KTS BELOW 10000 FT DUE TO A DISTR OF COMPARING LOAD MANIFESTS JUST RECEIVED OVER ACARS!
Narrative: PF WAS HAND FLYING THE ACFT WHEN ACARS MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED. PF WAS DISTRACTED AND COMPARED THE NEW LOAD CLOSEOUT TO THE OLD CLOSEOUT TO DETECT ANY CHANGES AND ALLOWED AIRSPD TO INCREASE TO 280 KTS THROUGH 4500 FT CLBING TO 10000 FT.
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.