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A coffee table that was jury rigged to accommodate a stretcher passenger on light transport fails to pass an FAA inspector's post flight inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 200415 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199201 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ogg |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7600 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 200415 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Flight was to be pick up of ambulatory patient for transport to mainland. Preparing for departure it was found passenger was not ambulatory and stretcher would not fit through door without removal of coffee bar. I removed the coffee bar and the patient fit juts fine. The coffee bar was secured in its original place with 1 bolt and 2 nylon safety belts attached to the seat base and seat back, the flight was completed without incident. During a later 'white hat' inspection an FAA inspector questioned this arrangement as to its ability to sustain a 'G' load (he pointed out that no engineering was done.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COFFEE TABLE THAT WAS JURY RIGGED TO ACCOMMODATE A STRETCHER PAX ON LTT FAILS TO PASS AN FAA INSPECTOR'S POST FLT INSPECTION.
Narrative: FLT WAS TO BE PICK UP OF AMBULATORY PATIENT FOR TRANSPORT TO MAINLAND. PREPARING FOR DEP IT WAS FOUND PAX WAS NOT AMBULATORY AND STRETCHER WOULD NOT FIT THROUGH DOOR WITHOUT REMOVAL OF COFFEE BAR. I REMOVED THE COFFEE BAR AND THE PATIENT FIT JUTS FINE. THE COFFEE BAR WAS SECURED IN ITS ORIGINAL PLACE WITH 1 BOLT AND 2 NYLON SAFETY BELTS ATTACHED TO THE SEAT BASE AND SEAT BACK, THE FLT WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING A LATER 'WHITE HAT' INSPECTION AN FAA INSPECTOR QUESTIONED THIS ARRANGEMENT AS TO ITS ABILITY TO SUSTAIN A 'G' LOAD (HE POINTED OUT THAT NO ENGINEERING WAS DONE.
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.