Air carrier inbound to sna failed to slow to 200 knots below the lax class B until advised by ATC.

Attributes
ACN	823291
Time
Date	200902
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SNA.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 7300
Person 2
Function	Captain Check Pilot Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 6000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

Failed to slow to 200 KTS below lax class B airspace on our approach to sna. We were 8-10 miles southwest of sna at 5;000 ft and were maintaining 250 KTS until queried by approach control of our speed. We quickly slowed to 200 KTS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier inbound to SNA failed to slow to 200 knots below the LAX Class B until advised by ATC.

Narrative: Failed to slow to 200 KTS below LAX Class B airspace on our approach to SNA. We were 8-10 miles southwest of SNA at 5;000 FT and were maintaining 250 KTS until queried by Approach Control of our speed. We quickly slowed to 200 KTS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.