<< >> NASA ASRS Report 981505, November 2011

During climb out of 10;000 ft; the crew notices the cockpit door has swung open and the non-flying first officer attempts to close it. The captain forgets the slats are out and accelerates to 280 KTS; producing a 'slat overspeed' aural warning.

Attributes
ACN	981505
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID ZZZ
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Flight deck door came open during the initial climb. This became a distraction and we failed to notice that the slats were at mid seal. The aircraft warning system directed our attention to the slats and the limit speed of 280 KTS was exceeded briefly by approximately 5 KTS.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: During climb out of 10;000 FT; the crew notices the cockpit door has swung open and the non-flying First Officer attempts to close it. The Captain forgets the slats are out and accelerates to 280 KTS; producing a 'Slat Overspeed' aural warning.

Narrative: Flight deck door came open during the initial climb. This became a distraction and we failed to notice that the slats were at mid seal. The aircraft warning system directed our attention to the slats and the limit speed of 280 KTS was exceeded briefly by approximately 5 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.