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First officer of an large transport questioned the captain's airspeed of 240 KTS as being too high for the VFR corridor area in which he believed they were flying.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500390 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sjc.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : o90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : vacating altitude descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival : vfr |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 500390 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : airspeed indicator other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
While approaching san jose from southeast, between radials 005 degrees and 210 degrees, we descended below 8000 ft into VFR corridor at speeds of 240 KTS till well established on the approach. Captain did not think that speed limits applied at our position on approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF AN LGT QUESTIONED THE CAPT'S AIRSPD OF 240 KTS AS BEING TOO HIGH FOR THE VFR CORRIDOR AREA IN WHICH HE BELIEVED THEY WERE FLYING.
Narrative: WHILE APCHING SAN JOSE FROM SE, BTWN RADIALS 005 DEGS AND 210 DEGS, WE DSNDED BELOW 8000 FT INTO VFR CORRIDOR AT SPDS OF 240 KTS TILL WELL ESTABLISHED ON THE APCH. CAPT DID NOT THINK THAT SPD LIMITS APPLIED AT OUR POS ON APCH.
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.