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Captain alerted cabin attendant regarding landing in 10 min. Young girl in lav heard announcement, thought landing was imminent and was afraid to leave lav and go to seat. Aircraft landed with girl in lav.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 175710 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199104 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hou |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13700 flight time type : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 175710 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Due to showers/trw in local area, I made the landing announcement approximately 30 NM from airport so F/a's would be seated before entering shower activity. As per usual, I ensured they heard the announcement by monitoring the PA until I heard the beginning of the landing announcement. Upon landing (actually after parking) I was informed by the senior cabin attendant that a 10-11 yr old girl was in the lav for landing. The ride in wasn't really bad at all and the girl was unhurt. She must have spent an interesting 10-12 mins wondering when we would T/D. She told the F/as she'd heard their landing announcement and assumed we were about to T/D, so she was afraid to get out and go to her seat.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT ALERTED CAB REGARDING LNDG IN 10 MIN. YOUNG GIRL IN LAV HEARD ANNOUNCEMENT, THOUGHT LNDG WAS IMMINENT AND WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE LAV AND GO TO SEAT. ACFT LANDED WITH GIRL IN LAV.
Narrative: DUE TO SHOWERS/TRW IN LCL AREA, I MADE THE LNDG ANNOUNCEMENT APPROX 30 NM FROM ARPT SO F/A'S WOULD BE SEATED BEFORE ENTERING SHOWER ACTIVITY. AS PER USUAL, I ENSURED THEY HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY MONITORING THE PA UNTIL I HEARD THE BEGINNING OF THE LNDG ANNOUNCEMENT. UPON LNDG (ACTUALLY AFTER PARKING) I WAS INFORMED BY THE SENIOR CAB THAT A 10-11 YR OLD GIRL WAS IN THE LAV FOR LNDG. THE RIDE IN WASN'T REALLY BAD AT ALL AND THE GIRL WAS UNHURT. SHE MUST HAVE SPENT AN INTERESTING 10-12 MINS WONDERING WHEN WE WOULD T/D. SHE TOLD THE F/AS SHE'D HEARD THEIR LNDG ANNOUNCEMENT AND ASSUMED WE WERE ABOUT TO T/D, SO SHE WAS AFRAID TO GET OUT AND GO TO HER SEAT.
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.