Flight crew exceeded speed below 10000 ft due to medical emergency.

Attributes
ACN	242996
Time
Date	199306
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : alb
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 9000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors enroute airway : zbw
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 8100 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	242996
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	242986
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

Deviation from far, due to medical emergency. Exceeded 250 KIAS below 10000 ft MSL to expedite arrival into alb due to passenger experiencing heart problems (congestive heart failure according to on-board physician). Supplemental information from acn 242986: an emergency was declared.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC EXCEEDED SPD BELOW 10000 FT DUE TO MEDICAL EMER.

Narrative: DEV FROM FAR, DUE TO MEDICAL EMER. EXCEEDED 250 KIAS BELOW 10000 FT MSL TO EXPEDITE ARR INTO ALB DUE TO PAX EXPERIENCING HEART PROBS (CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE ACCORDING TO ON-BOARD PHYSICIAN). SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 242986: AN EMER WAS DECLARED.

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.