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Air taxi helicopter pilot reported flying a leg without a legal risk analysis confirmation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1618614 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Rotorcraft |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 33 Flight Crew Total 3655 Flight Crew Type 301 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
A standby call came in to the base. [Another] pilot and I discussed whether he would take the call or I would take the call. We decided that I would take the call. I acknowledged the call and gave my information and proceeded to build my crew and RA (risk analysis). I thought I submitted my RA. Like always; I wrote my card number and RA number on my knee board. I then went and got ready for the flight. I was getting ready and waiting to see whether the call was going to be a go flight. The medical crew and I thought we heard our RA acknowledged. We were advised that this was now a go flight. The medical crew and I gathered our stuff and headed to the aircraft. We did our walk around and proceeded with startup. Prior to lifting we went through our pre-lift checklist. I was asked if the RA was acknowledged so as I always do. I checked the cell phone to see if the RA acknowledged text was there and it was. Therefore we preceded to take off and head to the hospital. Once I landed company called and said they didn't have an RA. I immediately looked at the phone and it was the [other] pilot's RA that was acknowledged and not mine. So I logged in only to notice that I had saved my RA as a draft and not submitted it; so I submitted the RA and preceded with the flight once the patient was loaded.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air taxi helicopter pilot reported flying a leg without a legal Risk Analysis confirmation.
Narrative: A standby call came in to the base. [Another] pilot and I discussed whether he would take the call or I would take the call. We decided that I would take the call. I acknowledged the call and gave my information and proceeded to build my crew and RA (Risk Analysis). I thought I submitted my RA. Like always; I wrote my Card number and RA number on my knee board. I then went and got ready for the flight. I was getting ready and waiting to see whether the call was going to be a go flight. The medical crew and I thought we heard our RA acknowledged. We were advised that this was now a go flight. The medical crew and I gathered our stuff and headed to the aircraft. We did our walk around and proceeded with startup. Prior to lifting we went through our pre-lift checklist. I was asked if the RA was acknowledged so as I always do. I checked the cell phone to see if the RA acknowledged text was there and it was. Therefore we preceded to take off and head to the hospital. Once I landed Company called and said they didn't have an RA. I immediately looked at the phone and it was the [other] pilot's RA that was acknowledged and not mine. So I logged in only to notice that I had saved my RA as a draft and not submitted it; so I submitted the RA and preceded with the flight once the patient was loaded.
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.