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Flight crew requested and received clearance to exceed 250 KTS below 10000' while responding to a passenger medical emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 141535 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199004 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zmp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent other landing other |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 240 |
| ASRS Report | 141535 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
F/a's informed cockpit crew of a medical emergency. Captain responded and directed me to fly to msp and to request a deviation from the 250 KT speed below 10000'. Request was approved and I descended to 4000' at 340 KTS airspeed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW REQUESTED AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO EXCEED 250 KTS BELOW 10000' WHILE RESPONDING TO A PASSENGER MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
Narrative: F/A'S INFORMED COCKPIT CREW OF A MEDICAL EMER. CAPT RESPONDED AND DIRECTED ME TO FLY TO MSP AND TO REQUEST A DEVIATION FROM THE 250 KT SPD BELOW 10000'. REQUEST WAS APPROVED AND I DSNDED TO 4000' AT 340 KTS AIRSPD.
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.