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Captain of an medium large transport exceeded the airspeed below 10000 ft due to a medical emergency during descent for landing at destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388267 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bis |
| State Reference | ND |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bis |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 388267 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
We were flight msp-bis. We had a passenger with medical emergency -- sounded like possible heart attack. We descended and kept speed up to get passenger to airport and medical attention as soon as possible. Captain was PF and kept speed up, approximately 330 KIAS below 10000 ft MSL to expedite. There was no other traffic en route or in airport area. Passenger survived.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MLG EXCEEDED THE AIRSPD BELOW 10000 FT DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER DURING DSCNT FOR LNDG AT DEST.
Narrative: WE WERE FLT MSP-BIS. WE HAD A PAX WITH MEDICAL EMER -- SOUNDED LIKE POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK. WE DSNDED AND KEPT SPD UP TO GET PAX TO ARPT AND MEDICAL ATTN ASAP. CAPT WAS PF AND KEPT SPD UP, APPROX 330 KIAS BELOW 10000 FT MSL TO EXPEDITE. THERE WAS NO OTHER TFC ENRTE OR IN ARPT AREA. PAX SURVIVED.
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.