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An MD80 flight crew flies below 10000 ft in excess of 250 KTS with N90 approval for a medical emergency expedited arrival into ewr, nj.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 496040 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200012 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 9000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : vacating altitude |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 496040 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 18800 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 495584 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : cab 5 |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
Because of medical emergency we were allowed over 250 KTS below 10000 ft to expedite arrival to terminal. Flight mia-ewr. Supplemental information from acn 495584: medical emergency. Requested ATC to keep us at 10000 ft so we could keep our speed up. ATC advised us we could fly 'any' speed below 10000 ft. I think they kept us in the TCA as much as possible.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 FLC FLIES BELOW 10000 FT IN EXCESS OF 250 KTS WITH N90 APPROVAL FOR A MEDICAL EMER EXPEDITED ARR INTO EWR, NJ.
Narrative: BECAUSE OF MEDICAL EMER WE WERE ALLOWED OVER 250 KTS BELOW 10000 FT TO EXPEDITE ARR TO TERMINAL. FLT MIA-EWR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 495584: MEDICAL EMER. REQUESTED ATC TO KEEP US AT 10000 FT SO WE COULD KEEP OUR SPD UP. ATC ADVISED US WE COULD FLY 'ANY' SPD BELOW 10000 FT. I THINK THEY KEPT US IN THE TCA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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.