Airline first officer is caught by aci without his license in his possession.

Attributes
ACN	179352
Time
Date	199105
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 3050 flight time type : 35
ASRS Report	179352
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	observation : air carrier inspector
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : assigned or threatened penalties
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During a turnaround at atl of an airlines cargo flight, an FAA aviation safety inspector visited our aircraft and requested to see flight crew medical certificates and licenses. I accidentally forgot my newly issued license (temporary airman certificate). All other certificates were in order. The FAA inspector did not allow me to continue my flight duties as first officer since the original license was not in my possession. The company offered to facsimile a copy of my license to the FAA inspector, but that was not acceptable. At noon the next day after returning to dsm, I showed my license to the local FAA flight standards office, who faxed a copy to the FAA inspector in stl. Then told me that I would receive a warning letter and no violation. The warning letter has been received and stated that the letter would be made a matter of record for a period of 2 yrs, after which the record of the matter would be expunged.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIRLINE FO IS CAUGHT BY ACI WITHOUT HIS LICENSE IN HIS POSSESSION.

Narrative: DURING A TURNAROUND AT ATL OF AN AIRLINES CARGO FLT, AN FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR VISITED OUR ACFT AND REQUESTED TO SEE FLT CREW MEDICAL CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES. I ACCIDENTALLY FORGOT MY NEWLY ISSUED LICENSE (TEMPORARY AIRMAN CERTIFICATE). ALL OTHER CERTIFICATES WERE IN ORDER. THE FAA INSPECTOR DID NOT ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE MY FLT DUTIES AS F/O SINCE THE ORIGINAL LICENSE WAS NOT IN MY POSSESSION. THE COMPANY OFFERED TO FAX A COPY OF MY LICENSE TO THE FAA INSPECTOR, BUT THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE. AT NOON THE NEXT DAY AFTER RETURNING TO DSM, I SHOWED MY LICENSE TO THE LCL FAA FLT STANDARDS OFFICE, WHO FAXED A COPY TO THE FAA INSPECTOR IN STL. THEN TOLD ME THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A WARNING LETTER AND NO VIOLATION. THE WARNING LETTER HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND STATED THAT THE LETTER WOULD BE MADE A MATTER OF RECORD FOR A PERIOD OF 2 YRS, AFTER WHICH THE RECORD OF THE MATTER WOULD BE EXPUNGED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.