B757 on arrival to aus exceeds speed limit because of medical emergency.

Attributes
ACN	602291
Time
Date	200312
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : aus.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 10000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	602291
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During medical emergency divert to aus, advised controller and maintained maximum forward speed below 10000 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 ON ARR TO AUS EXCEEDS SPD LIMIT BECAUSE OF MEDICAL EMER.

Narrative: DURING MEDICAL EMER DIVERT TO AUS, ADVISED CTLR AND MAINTAINED MAX FORWARD SPD 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.