Passenger on a B757 notified flight attendant after airborne that half of his seat belt was missing. Flight crew found that demonstration belts were missing, but were able to fix belt with an unused jump seat belt.

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Attributes
ACN	352983
Time
Date	199611
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	352983
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During cruise flight passenger X informed flight attendant he had only half of his seat belt assembly. One side of seat belt assembly was missing. All seats were full and no demonstration belts were available to use parts from. Unknown to me, the demonstration belts had already been used to replace missing seat belt parts. I removed 1 of the cockpit jump seat seat belt sets and attached them into seat X. Also briefed the passenger on how to use this assembly. I asked the passenger why he did not mention the missing belt to a flight attendant prior to departure and he told me that he did not want to delay the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PAX ON A B757 NOTIFIED FLT ATTENDANT AFTER AIRBORNE THAT HALF OF HIS SEAT BELT WAS MISSING. FLC FOUND THAT DEMO BELTS WERE MISSING, BUT WERE ABLE TO FIX BELT WITH AN UNUSED JUMP SEAT BELT.

Narrative: DURING CRUISE FLT PAX X INFORMED FLT ATTENDANT HE HAD ONLY HALF OF HIS SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. ONE SIDE OF SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WAS MISSING. ALL SEATS WERE FULL AND NO DEMO BELTS WERE AVAILABLE TO USE PARTS FROM. UNKNOWN TO ME, THE DEMO BELTS HAD ALREADY BEEN USED TO REPLACE MISSING SEAT BELT PARTS. I REMOVED 1 OF THE COCKPIT JUMP SEAT SEAT BELT SETS AND ATTACHED THEM INTO SEAT X. ALSO BRIEFED THE PAX ON HOW TO USE THIS ASSEMBLY. I ASKED THE PAX WHY HE DID NOT MENTION THE MISSING BELT TO A FLT ATTENDANT PRIOR TO DEP AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO DELAY THE FLT.

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.