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A passenger perceives his pilot of a C402 to be sleeping and nudges him to assure he is awake to continue the approach to ZZZ1.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 593640 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200309 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 245 flight time total : 7180 flight time type : 3050 |
| ASRS Report | 593640 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
While operating on scheduled air carrier flight from ZZZ to ZZZ1, (pilot) closed my eyes due to drowsiness. Passenger next to me perceived this as sleeping and nudged me. The entire flight was conducted safely and uneventfully. Drowsiness was probably brought on by fatigue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PAX PERCEIVES HIS PLT OF A C402 TO BE SLEEPING AND NUDGES HIM TO ASSURE HE IS AWAKE TO CONTINUE THE APCH TO ZZZ1.
Narrative: WHILE OPERATING ON SCHEDULED ACR FLT FROM ZZZ TO ZZZ1, (PLT) CLOSED MY EYES DUE TO DROWSINESS. PAX NEXT TO ME PERCEIVED THIS AS SLEEPING AND NUDGED ME. THE ENTIRE FLT WAS CONDUCTED SAFELY AND UNEVENTFULLY. DROWSINESS WAS PROBABLY BROUGHT ON BY FATIGUE.
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.