<< >> NASA ASRS Report 847721, August 2009

The first officer's airspeed indicator failed during descent at 260 KTS. An emergency was declared.

Attributes
ACN	847721
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Airspeed Indicator
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On descent from FL370; the first officer airspeed indicator failed. The airspeed indicator was frozen on 260 KTS the entire descent and landing. The crew performed checklist and declared an emergency. The flight was uneventful and was operated normally for the descent and landing. Once again; my experience this past year is that we are experiencing multiple equipment failures due to cost saving initiatives by airline management. Safety needs to be held to the highest standards. The FAA needs to enforce higher standards due to an insolvent industry that is lowering the safety standards to the FAA minimum. This is my third emergency due to equipment failure in 10 weeks.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The First Officer's airspeed indicator failed during descent at 260 KTS. An emergency was declared.

Narrative: On descent from FL370; the First Officer airspeed indicator failed. The airspeed indicator was frozen on 260 KTS the entire descent and landing. The crew performed checklist and declared an emergency. The flight was uneventful and was operated normally for the descent and landing. Once again; my experience this past year is that we are experiencing multiple equipment failures due to cost saving initiatives by airline management. Safety needs to be held to the highest standards. The FAA needs to enforce higher standards due to an insolvent industry that is lowering the safety standards to the FAA minimum. This is my third emergency due to equipment failure in 10 weeks.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.