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An air carrier large transport flight crew exceeded the 250 KIAS restr below 10000 ft when the flight crew was distracted looking for traffic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 376380 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199708 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dca |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 376380 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Climbing to 7000 ft MSL, departure controller advised traffic 12 O'clock position VFR descending to 8500 ft MSL. Saw target on TCASII. Told first officer to reduce rate of climb so we would not get an RA. Autothrottles were engaged, but did not limit speed to our bug speed of 250 KTS. I was pre-occupied with traffic watch and did not notice airspeed had built to approximately 300 KTS before we corrected airspeed to 250 KTS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR LGT FLC EXCEEDED THE 250 KIAS RESTR BELOW 10000 FT WHEN THE FLC WAS DISTRACTED LOOKING FOR TFC.
Narrative: CLBING TO 7000 FT MSL, DEP CTLR ADVISED TFC 12 O'CLOCK POS VFR DSNDING TO 8500 FT MSL. SAW TARGET ON TCASII. TOLD FO TO REDUCE RATE OF CLB SO WE WOULD NOT GET AN RA. AUTOTHROTTLES WERE ENGAGED, BUT DID NOT LIMIT SPD TO OUR BUG SPD OF 250 KTS. I WAS PRE-OCCUPIED WITH TFC WATCH AND DID NOT NOTICE AIRSPD HAD BUILT TO APPROX 300 KTS BEFORE WE CORRECTED AIRSPD TO 250 KTS.
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.