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PIC of air carrier large transport elected to carry a passenger in the cockpit to accommodate an overload situation from a foreign airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 112225 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198905 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sxm |
| State Reference | FO |
| 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 | Large Transport, 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 : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7800 flight time type : 2600 |
| ASRS Report | 112225 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Trip was a standard passenger charter flight from st maarten to boston (bos). Aircraft was full: 129 passenger. One extra passenger, however, was at airport and reported being sick. Members of his group did not want to leave him behind since his medicine and regular doctor were is boston. Rather than leave a united states citizen behind, I placed a pilot certificate holding individual in the cockpit jumpseat to free up a rear seat. Technically, person could have been admitted to cockpit with written ok of chief pilot. However, no such authorization available.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PIC OF ACR LGT ELECTED TO CARRY A PASSENGER IN THE COCKPIT TO ACCOMMODATE AN OVERLOAD SITUATION FROM A FOREIGN ARPT.
Narrative: TRIP WAS A STANDARD PAX CHARTER FLT FROM ST MAARTEN TO BOSTON (BOS). ACFT WAS FULL: 129 PAX. ONE EXTRA PAX, HOWEVER, WAS AT ARPT AND REPORTED BEING SICK. MEMBERS OF HIS GROUP DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE HIM BEHIND SINCE HIS MEDICINE AND REGULAR DOCTOR WERE IS BOSTON. RATHER THAN LEAVE A UNITED STATES CITIZEN BEHIND, I PLACED A PLT CERTIFICATE HOLDING INDIVIDUAL IN THE COCKPIT JUMPSEAT TO FREE UP A REAR SEAT. TECHNICALLY, PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO COCKPIT WITH WRITTEN OK OF CHIEF PLT. HOWEVER, NO SUCH AUTHORIZATION AVAILABLE.
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.