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Ex-pilot from air carrier used expired identify to gain entry to cockpit jump seat. Was discovered en route and FAA and air carrier security met flight and confronted the intruder pilot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 322780 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199511 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 10 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 322780 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 95 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 322592 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated faa : assigned or threatened penalties |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During boarding at sfo, the gate agent brought an acm to the front of the first class section to ask permission for him to ride in the cockpit. When the acm left the aircraft to get his bags, the crew learned that he may be using an expired airline identify to gain access to the cockpit jump seat. After leaving the gate at sfo, we verified that the identify was not valid and we asked our sfo operations to advise our hnl operations to have security meet the aircraft on arrival at the gate in hnl. We were met in hnl by both security and the FAA. The acm paid for a ticket from sfo to hnl so our company did not press for any charges against him and we were told that the FAA took his identify. The FAA has been looking for this person for a long time so why did the airlines not have a warning note in their computers to stop him from riding acm?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EX-PLT FROM ACR USED EXPIRED IDENT TO GAIN ENTRY TO COCKPIT JUMP SEAT. WAS DISCOVERED ENRTE AND FAA AND ACR SECURITY MET FLT AND CONFRONTED THE INTRUDER PLT.
Narrative: DURING BOARDING AT SFO, THE GATE AGENT BROUGHT AN ACM TO THE FRONT OF THE FIRST CLASS SECTION TO ASK PERMISSION FOR HIM TO RIDE IN THE COCKPIT. WHEN THE ACM LEFT THE ACFT TO GET HIS BAGS, THE CREW LEARNED THAT HE MAY BE USING AN EXPIRED AIRLINE IDENT TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE COCKPIT JUMP SEAT. AFTER LEAVING THE GATE AT SFO, WE VERIFIED THAT THE IDENT WAS NOT VALID AND WE ASKED OUR SFO OPS TO ADVISE OUR HNL OPS TO HAVE SECURITY MEET THE ACFT ON ARR AT THE GATE IN HNL. WE WERE MET IN HNL BY BOTH SECURITY AND THE FAA. THE ACM PAID FOR A TICKET FROM SFO TO HNL SO OUR COMPANY DID NOT PRESS FOR ANY CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FAA TOOK HIS IDENT. THE FAA HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS PERSON FOR A LONG TIME SO WHY DID THE AIRLINES NOT HAVE A WARNING NOTE IN THEIR COMPUTERS TO STOP HIM FROM RIDING ACM?
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.