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Flight crew of an airbus A320 declared an emergency during descent in order to expedite landing to obtain emergency medical attention for a passenger. In doing so they exceeded the airspeed limitation below 10000 ft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 394334 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199802 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mke |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mke |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent other landing other other |
| Route In Use | arrival other enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 394334 |
| 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 other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
Passenger with history of heart condition complained of severe chest pains following 16 doses of nitroglycerin. Flight deck crew declared an emergency with ATC at XY16Z for medical reasons. Proceeded direct to OM, ILS runway 1L at mke, at 320 KTS below 10000 ft. Landed without incident and taxied to gate with passenger deplaned first by paramedics.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN AIRBUS A320 DECLARED AN EMER DURING DSCNT IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE LNDG TO OBTAIN EMER MEDICAL ATTN FOR A PAX. IN DOING SO THEY EXCEEDED THE AIRSPD LIMITATION BELOW 10000 FT.
Narrative: PAX WITH HISTORY OF HEART CONDITION COMPLAINED OF SEVERE CHEST PAINS FOLLOWING 16 DOSES OF NITROGLYCERIN. FLT DECK CREW DECLARED AN EMER WITH ATC AT XY16Z FOR MEDICAL REASONS. PROCEEDED DIRECT TO OM, ILS RWY 1L AT MKE, AT 320 KTS BELOW 10000 FT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO GATE WITH PAX DEPLANED FIRST BY PARAMEDICS.
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.