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A corporate flight crew arrived back into the united states with a company employee on board. The customs officer threatened to fine the captain because the employee on his aircraft did not have a passport and was undocumented.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1271076 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201506 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Citation Excel (C560XL) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Military 0 Air Traffic Control Non Radar 0 Air Traffic Control Radar 0 Air Traffic Control Supervisory 0 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 43 Flight Crew Total 6979 Flight Crew Type 1470 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 46 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 150 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
While acting as pilot in command we arrived from ZZZZ for the purpose of clearing customs. After the crew cleared customs and proceeded to have the luggage screened a customs officer informed me that one of the passengers did not have her passport in her possession. The customs officer also informed me that as P.I.C. Of the aircraft I am subject to a $5000.00 fine for bringing an undocumented passenger into the country. I did not verify that the passenger had her passport in her possession before departing ZZZZ as she is a company employee who travels with us on a regular basis. In the future I will personally check all passenger passports before departure to comply with us customs regulations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A corporate flight crew arrived back into the United States with a company employee on board. The Customs Officer threatened to fine the Captain because the employee on his aircraft did not have a passport and was undocumented.
Narrative: While acting as Pilot in Command we arrived from ZZZZ for the purpose of clearing customs. After the crew cleared customs and proceeded to have the luggage screened a customs officer informed me that one of the passengers did not have her passport in her possession. The customs officer also informed me that as P.I.C. of the aircraft I am subject to a $5000.00 fine for bringing an undocumented passenger into the country. I did not verify that the passenger had her passport in her possession before departing ZZZZ as she is a company employee who travels with us on a regular basis. In the future I will personally check all passenger passports before departure to comply with U.S. Customs regulations.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.