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A B757-200 flies faster than 250 KIAS below 10000 ft after notifying approach control. They have a medical emergency on board the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 357536 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pie airport : tpa |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : tpa artcc : zjx |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 357536 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 357537 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
Onboard medical emergency. Advised tpa approach we would like to keep speed up to expedite arrival in tpa -- no problems or traffic conflicts. Supplemental information from acn 357537: bleeding passenger needed medical assistance/medical emergency declared. Tpa approach advised nearest traffic was 20 mi away, we were #1 for approach. They agreed we could keep our speed up. We maintained above 250 KIAS below 10000 ft till 3000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 FLIES FASTER THAN 250 KIAS BELOW 10000 FT AFTER NOTIFYING APCH CTL. THEY HAVE A MEDICAL EMER ON BOARD THE ACFT.
Narrative: ONBOARD MEDICAL EMER. ADVISED TPA APCH WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP SPD UP TO EXPEDITE ARR IN TPA -- NO PROBS OR TFC CONFLICTS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 357537: BLEEDING PAX NEEDED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE/MEDICAL EMER DECLARED. TPA APCH ADVISED NEAREST TFC WAS 20 MI AWAY, WE WERE #1 FOR APCH. THEY AGREED WE COULD KEEP OUR SPD UP. WE MAINTAINED ABOVE 250 KIAS BELOW 10000 FT TILL 3000 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.