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Captain of a united states registered dassault falcon 200, DA21, resigned due to the fact that he was not operating in a foreign country in accordance with the foreign country's LOA with his company. Specifically, that operations of medical persons evacuate/evacuation, and medical personnel transportation, would be in accordance with section 135 of the FARS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 389450 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sin |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : czqx |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Falcon 20G/20GF/ Mysterre Falcon 200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 389450 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flying a falcon 200 medivac aircraft out of singapore, united states registration n-number, transporting people from asia, india, vietnam, pacific rim countries to singapore for medical care. Owner says we can do this much needed service legally under part 91. The singapore government issued a letter allowing this thinking. We are operating under united states part 135 regulations with a company in denver, although we have no agreement with them. They are quoting charter rates to companies all over the world. But they claim they are in the medical service business and the airplane is just another tool to help the doctors transport their patients. I say as long as we have an n- number on the aircraft we are providing charter service and are in violation of FARS. I quit and came back to the states.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A UNITED STATES REGISTERED DASSAULT FALCON 200, DA21, RESIGNED DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT OPERATING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREIGN COUNTRY'S LOA WITH HIS COMPANY. SPECIFICALLY, THAT OPS OF MEDICAL PERSONS EVAC, AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL TRANSPORTATION, WOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 135 OF THE FARS.
Narrative: FLYING A FALCON 200 MEDIVAC ACFT OUT OF SINGAPORE, UNITED STATES REGISTRATION N-NUMBER, TRANSPORTING PEOPLE FROM ASIA, INDIA, VIETNAM, PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES TO SINGAPORE FOR MEDICAL CARE. OWNER SAYS WE CAN DO THIS MUCH NEEDED SVC LEGALLY UNDER PART 91. THE SINGAPORE GOV ISSUED A LETTER ALLOWING THIS THINKING. WE ARE OPERATING UNDER UNITED STATES PART 135 REGS WITH A COMPANY IN DENVER, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NO AGREEMENT WITH THEM. THEY ARE QUOTING CHARTER RATES TO COMPANIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT THEY CLAIM THEY ARE IN THE MEDICAL SVC BUSINESS AND THE AIRPLANE IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL TO HELP THE DOCTORS TRANSPORT THEIR PATIENTS. I SAY AS LONG AS WE HAVE AN N- NUMBER ON THE ACFT WE ARE PROVIDING CHARTER SVC AND ARE IN VIOLATION OF FARS. I QUIT AND CAME BACK TO THE STATES.
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.