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The flight crew of an A320 exceeds 250 KTS below 10000 ft when making a diversion for a passenger medical emergency to pit, PA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 565317 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200211 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pit.tracon tower : cyyz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time total : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 565317 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : cab 4 |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
En route to ewr, diverted to pit due to medical emergency. Declared emergency and, on approach to pit, exceeded 250 KTS below 10000 ft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FLC OF AN A320 EXCEEDS 250 KTS BELOW 10000 FT WHEN MAKING A DIVERSION FOR A PAX MEDICAL EMER TO PIT, PA.
Narrative: ENRTE TO EWR, DIVERTED TO PIT DUE TO MEDICAL EMER. DECLARED EMER AND, ON APCH TO PIT, EXCEEDED 250 KTS BELOW 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.