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Captain of a B757 failed to maintain airspeed assigned by ATC during descent and approach. No comment made by ATC regarding slower than instructed speed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 414060 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 15000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : den tower : cps |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : den |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 414060 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Captain kept disregarding assigned speed. He felt that we were too high to make a proper descent and landing at assigned speeds, so he slowed way down. Some airports want you to get permission to slow down, others don't care. A little consistency would be nice.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B757 FAILED TO MAINTAIN AIRSPD ASSIGNED BY ATC DURING DSCNT AND APCH. NO COMMENT MADE BY ATC REGARDING SLOWER THAN INSTRUCTED SPD.
Narrative: CAPT KEPT DISREGARDING ASSIGNED SPD. HE FELT THAT WE WERE TOO HIGH TO MAKE A PROPER DSCNT AND LNDG AT ASSIGNED SPDS, SO HE SLOWED WAY DOWN. SOME ARPTS WANT YOU TO GET PERMISSION TO SLOW DOWN, OTHERS DON'T CARE. A LITTLE CONSISTENCY WOULD BE NICE.
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.