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Flight crew of an air carrier medium large transport exceeded maximum airspeed below 10000 ft due to a medical emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 402974 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : phl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 148 flight time total : 12650 flight time type : 2650 |
| ASRS Report | 402974 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
A medical emergency was in progress on this flight. To shorten our time to arrival we flew at 280 KIAS below 10000 ft while being vectored to final approach course. There were no other deviations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN ACR MLG EXCEEDED MAX AIRSPD BELOW 10000 FT DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER.
Narrative: A MEDICAL EMER WAS IN PROGRESS ON THIS FLT. TO SHORTEN OUR TIME TO ARR WE FLEW AT 280 KIAS BELOW 10000 FT WHILE BEING VECTORED TO FINAL APCH COURSE. THERE WERE NO OTHER DEVS.
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.