PIC leaves cockpit to use in-flight airphone for personal business.

Attributes
ACN	250809
Time
Date	199308
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cpi
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 28000 msl bound upper : 28000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	250809
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
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:

There really wasn't any event or situation. I just did something I wasn't supposed to do. I hope this doesn't give you work for no good reason. I had left my headset and microphone in a previous airplane I had flown that day. I tracked down the crew that had the airplane at that time in jax. I couldn't reach them while I was on the ground and I knew they would be gone on their next leg before I got to stl. So, the only time I could reach them was while I was at cruise. Without thinking too much about it, I left the control of the aircraft with my first officer and stepped back to first class to use the telephone and reached the crew in jax, who found my headset and returned it to me later that week. Next time, I would have a flight attendant call for me or just wait until I was on the ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PIC LEAVES COCKPIT TO USE INFLT AIRPHONE FOR PERSONAL BUSINESS.

Narrative: THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY EVENT OR SIT. I JUST DID SOMETHING I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO. I HOPE THIS DOESN'T GIVE YOU WORK FOR NO GOOD REASON. I HAD LEFT MY HEADSET AND MIKE IN A PREVIOUS AIRPLANE I HAD FLOWN THAT DAY. I TRACKED DOWN THE CREW THAT HAD THE AIRPLANE AT THAT TIME IN JAX. I COULDN'T REACH THEM WHILE I WAS ON THE GND AND I KNEW THEY WOULD BE GONE ON THEIR NEXT LEG BEFORE I GOT TO STL. SO, THE ONLY TIME I COULD REACH THEM WAS WHILE I WAS AT CRUISE. WITHOUT THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT IT, I LEFT THE CTL OF THE ACFT WITH MY FO AND STEPPED BACK TO FIRST CLASS TO USE THE TELEPHONE AND REACHED THE CREW IN JAX, WHO FOUND MY HEADSET AND RETURNED IT TO ME LATER THAT WK. NEXT TIME, I WOULD HAVE A FLT ATTENDANT CALL FOR ME OR JUST WAIT UNTIL I WAS ON THE GND.

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.