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Parachute skydiver aircraft pilot knowingly flies through, and drops skydivers through cloud layer due to operator pressure to conduct flts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 550444 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200206 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 14000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : eug.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 1400 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 550444 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Passenger Human Performance Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I released skydivers through thin clouds and also climbed and descended through the thin layer. I did it on 3 loads and didn't want to fly any of them but was constantly receiving pressure to do so.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PARACHUTE SKYDIVER ACFT PLT KNOWINGLY FLIES THROUGH, AND DROPS SKYDIVERS THROUGH CLOUD LAYER DUE TO OPERATOR PRESSURE TO CONDUCT FLTS.
Narrative: I RELEASED SKYDIVERS THROUGH THIN CLOUDS AND ALSO CLBED AND DESCENDED THROUGH THE THIN LAYER. I DID IT ON 3 LOADS AND DIDN'T WANT TO FLY ANY OF THEM BUT WAS CONSTANTLY RECEIVING PRESSURE TO DO SO.
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.