DC10 flight crew has speed deviation below 10000 ft during arrival to mem.

Attributes
ACN	707026
Time
Date	200608
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem.airport
State Reference	TN
Altitude	msl single value : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Thunderstorm
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mem.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 30F
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	arrival star : vjm. vjm
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	707026
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

On a STAR; 290 KTS for fuel economy; leveled at 10000 ft; watching thunderstorms moving around field northeast to southeast to south. ATIS calling for approachs to runway 36L&right; and runway 27. Company trying to get flight crews used to these new communication charts. One flight requests out of thunderstorms and over to runway 9. We scramble to find information on commercial charts for runway 9. Approach controller gives us vector for runway 36L and lower altitude. First officer had planned for runway 36; then runway 9 (with correct speed planning for runway 9); now turn back for runway 36 and realizing we need to get down rolls vertical speed wheel down. Went below 10000 ft at approximately 270 KTS. I was changing back to other commercial pages for runway 36; scanned gauges and made call out to leveloff for 250 KTS; and flight proceeded normally. Additional factors: our crews have heard that some of our crews have been violated for trusting the commercial chart information (huge number of chart errors). Company policy is use commercial chart; back it up with other commercial charts. If data in error; use the other commercial charts. This triples our workload! In approach environment; not smart. I was trying to keep my crew from being violated because of commercial charts; and instead made a mistake that this crew would normally never do.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10 FLT CREW HAS SPD DEV BELOW 10000 FT DURING ARR TO MEM.

Narrative: ON A STAR; 290 KTS FOR FUEL ECONOMY; LEVELED AT 10000 FT; WATCHING TSTMS MOVING AROUND FIELD NE TO SE TO S. ATIS CALLING FOR APCHS TO RWY 36L&R; AND RWY 27. COMPANY TRYING TO GET FLT CREWS USED TO THESE NEW COM CHARTS. ONE FLT REQUESTS OUT OF TSTMS AND OVER TO RWY 9. WE SCRAMBLE TO FIND INFO ON COMMERCIAL CHARTS FOR RWY 9. APCH CTLR GIVES US VECTOR FOR RWY 36L AND LOWER ALT. FO HAD PLANNED FOR RWY 36; THEN RWY 9 (WITH CORRECT SPD PLANNING FOR RWY 9); NOW TURN BACK FOR RWY 36 AND REALIZING WE NEED TO GET DOWN ROLLS VERT SPD WHEEL DOWN. WENT BELOW 10000 FT AT APPROX 270 KTS. I WAS CHANGING BACK TO OTHER COMMERCIAL PAGES FOR RWY 36; SCANNED GAUGES AND MADE CALL OUT TO LEVELOFF FOR 250 KTS; AND FLT PROCEEDED NORMALLY. ADDITIONAL FACTORS: OUR CREWS HAVE HEARD THAT SOME OF OUR CREWS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED FOR TRUSTING THE COMMERCIAL CHART INFO (HUGE NUMBER OF CHART ERRORS). COMPANY POLICY IS USE COMMERCIAL CHART; BACK IT UP WITH OTHER COMMERCIAL CHARTS. IF DATA IN ERROR; USE THE OTHER COMMERCIAL CHARTS. THIS TRIPLES OUR WORKLOAD! IN APCH ENVIRONMENT; NOT SMART. I WAS TRYING TO KEEP MY CREW FROM BEING VIOLATED BECAUSE OF COMMERCIAL CHARTS; AND INSTEAD MADE A MISTAKE THAT THIS CREW WOULD NORMALLY NEVER DO.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.