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Reporter discovered after flight termination that the flight had departed and flown to destination with additional crew members on board that did not occupy a legal seat during the flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 107406 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198903 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 14300 flight time type : 1850 |
| ASRS Report | 107406 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Just prior to pushback the senior F/a advised me that additional company crew members wanted to deadhead on our trip to msp. The flight was full so I told her to have the additional crew members occupy the jumpseats. Upon arrival in msp I discovered that more crew than available legal jumpseats had made the trip. This potential safety hazard could have been avoided had I been more specific about which jumpseats could be occupied by the additional crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: REPORTER DISCOVERED AFTER FLT TERMINATION THAT THE FLT HAD DEPARTED AND FLOWN TO DESTINATION WITH ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THAT DID NOT OCCUPY A LEGAL SEAT DURING THE FLT.
Narrative: JUST PRIOR TO PUSHBACK THE SENIOR F/A ADVISED ME THAT ADDITIONAL COMPANY CREW MEMBERS WANTED TO DEADHEAD ON OUR TRIP TO MSP. THE FLT WAS FULL SO I TOLD HER TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS OCCUPY THE JUMPSEATS. UPON ARR IN MSP I DISCOVERED THAT MORE CREW THAN AVAILABLE LEGAL JUMPSEATS HAD MADE THE TRIP. THIS POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD I BEEN MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHICH JUMPSEATS COULD BE OCCUPIED BY THE ADDITIONAL CREW.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.