A320 crew descended to 9300 ft at 290 KTS airspeed with the autoflt system on.

Attributes
ACN	601359
Time
Date	200312
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : sweet
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl single value : 9300
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	arrival star : pqm
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 : 10000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	601359
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : airspeed altimeters other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On arrival to ewr, on the FQM1 arrival, ATC directed us to cross sweet at 7000 ft. Got distraction during the descent, and at 9300 ft, noticed that the airspeed was 290 KTS. Immediately disconnected the autoplt, and leveled off to slow down to 250 KTS. The rest of the flight was uneventful. ATC never queried the speed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 CREW DSNDED TO 9300 FT AT 290 KTS AIRSPD WITH THE AUTOFLT SYS ON.

Narrative: ON ARR TO EWR, ON THE FQM1 ARR, ATC DIRECTED US TO CROSS SWEET AT 7000 FT. GOT DISTR DURING THE DSCNT, AND AT 9300 FT, NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPD WAS 290 KTS. IMMEDIATELY DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPLT, AND LEVELED OFF TO SLOW DOWN TO 250 KTS. THE REST OF THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL. ATC NEVER QUERIED THE SPD.

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.