A B737-200 flight crew allowed a jump seat to be occupied without a seat belt installed.

Attributes
ACN	451260
Time
Date	199910
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	451260
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I allowed 2 jump seat riders on board, one was in the cockpit and one in the cabin. After takeoff I realized that the particular aircraft we were in did not have a seatbelt at the second observer's location, therefore, I could only carry 1 jump seat rider per company policy.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-200 FLC ALLOWED A JUMP SEAT TO BE OCCUPIED WITHOUT A SEAT BELT INSTALLED.

Narrative: I ALLOWED 2 JUMP SEAT RIDERS ON BOARD, ONE WAS IN THE COCKPIT AND ONE IN THE CABIN. AFTER TKOF I REALIZED THAT THE PARTICULAR ACFT WE WERE IN DID NOT HAVE A SEATBELT AT THE SECOND OBSERVER'S LOCATION, THEREFORE, I COULD ONLY CARRY 1 JUMP SEAT RIDER PER COMPANY POLICY.

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.