An MD88 flight crew exceeded the 250 KT speed limit on departure out of ord.

Attributes
ACN	817026
Time
Date	200812
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl single value : 12000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : o90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : ord
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 9800 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	817026
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : returned to original clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Climbing through 12;000 ft; ord departure asked us our airspeed. The first officer replied '270 KTS.' the controller told us to maintain 250 KTS as per the SID. We then slowed to 250 KTS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD88 flight crew exceeded the 250 KT speed limit on departure out of ORD.

Narrative: Climbing through 12;000 FT; ORD Departure asked us our airspeed. The First Officer replied '270 KTS.' The Controller told us to maintain 250 KTS as per the SID. We then slowed to 250 KTS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.