Person walking down jetway toward airplane after passengers and flight attendant's had departed. He ...

Attributes
ACN	108578
Time
Date	198904
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bwi
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : srq
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	108578
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	108207
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

After flying flight from rdu-bwi, and after all passenger had deplaned, the F/a's were changing aircraft so they also deplaned. The first officer also walked into the terminal bldg. I prepared maps and radios, etc, for our next departure to uca. I then got up to go to the aircraft's bathroom in the rear of the aircraft. As I left the cockpit there was a man standing at the entrance door to the aircraft on the jetway. I should have been suspicious at this point. However, I really needed to go to the restroom. Once in the restroom I did become suspicious. When I had first walked by him I thought he was a through passenger just up walking around. The more I thought about this though, I realized the F/a's would have not left if we had any through passenger. I hurried in the restroom and went out to look for the man. He was gone! It was the FAA, he had stopped the first officer as the first officer was coming back down the jetway to the aircraft. The FAA had walked through a mistakenly left open terminal door and down the jetway after everyone had deplaned. He told my first officer he was going to write up our gate agents. I don't know if he wrote us up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PERSON WALKING DOWN JETWAY TOWARD AIRPLANE AFTER PASSENGERS AND FA'S HAD DEPARTED. HE WAS NOT CHALLENGED BY FO DEPARTING (HALF WAY UP THE JETWAY) NOR BY THE CAPT AT DOOR OF ACFT.

Narrative: AFTER FLYING FLT FROM RDU-BWI, AND AFTER ALL PAX HAD DEPLANED, THE F/A'S WERE CHANGING ACFT SO THEY ALSO DEPLANED. THE F/O ALSO WALKED INTO THE TERMINAL BLDG. I PREPARED MAPS AND RADIOS, ETC, FOR OUR NEXT DEP TO UCA. I THEN GOT UP TO GO TO THE ACFT'S BATHROOM IN THE REAR OF THE ACFT. AS I LEFT THE COCKPIT THERE WAS A MAN STANDING AT THE ENTRANCE DOOR TO THE ACFT ON THE JETWAY. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUSPICIOUS AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER, I REALLY NEEDED TO GO TO THE RESTROOM. ONCE IN THE RESTROOM I DID BECOME SUSPICIOUS. WHEN I HAD FIRST WALKED BY HIM I THOUGHT HE WAS A THROUGH PAX JUST UP WALKING AROUND. THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THOUGH, I REALIZED THE F/A'S WOULD HAVE NOT LEFT IF WE HAD ANY THROUGH PAX. I HURRIED IN THE RESTROOM AND WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR THE MAN. HE WAS GONE! IT WAS THE FAA, HE HAD STOPPED THE F/O AS THE F/O WAS COMING BACK DOWN THE JETWAY TO THE ACFT. THE FAA HAD WALKED THROUGH A MISTAKENLY LEFT OPEN TERMINAL DOOR AND DOWN THE JETWAY AFTER EVERYONE HAD DEPLANED. HE TOLD MY F/O HE WAS GOING TO WRITE UP OUR GATE AGENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WROTE US UP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.

Person walking down jetway toward airplane after passengers and flight attendant's had departed. He was not challenged by first officer departing (half way up the jetway) nor by the captain at door of aircraft.