No security inspection for boarding passengers at fort smith, ar airport on this day.

Attributes
ACN	121887
Time
Date	198907
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fsm
State Reference	AR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 5600
ASRS Report	121887
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

We were scheduled from ft smith to dallas on xx airlines. When the flight was announced for boarding, the passenger were met at the exit by an agent who took the boarding passes and directed us to the aircraft parked on the ramp. None of the passenger went through any type of security checks, no search of any kind was made of any passenger. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: on this particular day the metal detector security area was barricaded off and nobody was going through for any flight. We went around the detectors and out the side door with no one inspecting us. There were no inspectors in the detection area. Cannot say if this is the normal operation at ft smith but it was the norm for that day at that time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NO SECURITY INSPECTION FOR BOARDING PASSENGERS AT FORT SMITH, AR ARPT ON THIS DAY.

Narrative: WE WERE SCHEDULED FROM FT SMITH TO DALLAS ON XX AIRLINES. WHEN THE FLT WAS ANNOUNCED FOR BOARDING, THE PAX WERE MET AT THE EXIT BY AN AGENT WHO TOOK THE BOARDING PASSES AND DIRECTED US TO THE ACFT PARKED ON THE RAMP. NONE OF THE PAX WENT THROUGH ANY TYPE OF SECURITY CHECKS, NO SEARCH OF ANY KIND WAS MADE OF ANY PAX. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY THE METAL DETECTOR SECURITY AREA WAS BARRICADED OFF AND NOBODY WAS GOING THROUGH FOR ANY FLT. WE WENT AROUND THE DETECTORS AND OUT THE SIDE DOOR WITH NO ONE INSPECTING US. THERE WERE NO INSPECTORS IN THE DETECTION AREA. CANNOT SAY IF THIS IS THE NORMAL OPERATION AT FT SMITH BUT IT WAS THE NORM FOR THAT DAY AT THAT TIME.

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.