Narrative:

Shortly after takeoff, while climbing out of 3000 ft with clearance to climb and maintain 14000 ft, one of the passenger on board urgently claimed that something was wrong with her baby. She stated that her baby was bleeding from its mouth and requested that we return to sbp. I then looked at the baby and noticed that the baby was crying and that its skin was very flush/(red). I then called our operations personnel in sbp to inform them that we were returning due to a medical emergency. We then asked ZLA for a clearance back to sbp due to a medical emergency. My first officer who was flying the aircraft at the time, felt that the pressure changes during the climb may have had an effect on the baby leveled the aircraft at 4000 ft (instead of climbing to 14000 ft). The center controller immediately cleared us to the IAF and shortly thereafter cleared us for the approach to sbp. The controller then asked us if we were declaring an emergency. I replied 'yes' and asked them to have the paramedics meet us when we landed. We then flew a normal approach and made a normal landing at approximately 300 pounds over our landing weight limit. After the incident, I notified our maintenance department in fresno about our overweight landing. Maintenance then asked us if we felt comfortable about ferrying the aircraft to san francisco where a required maintenance inspection would take place on the aircraft. After taking the following factors into consideration, we made a normal smooth landing, and due to the fact that our landing weight is based on average passenger and baggage weights (165 pounds for passenger and 23.5 for baggage) and not actual weights (some of the passenger and bags weighted less than the average) thus the overweight factor may have been less than 300 pounds. Maintenance assured me that the aircraft was safe to fly and that the ferry procedure was legal, I felt that the aircraft was safe and legal to fly. We ferried the aircraft to sfo with no further incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMER. OVERWT LNDG. PAX ILLNESS.

Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER TKOF, WHILE CLBING OUT OF 3000 FT WITH CLRNC TO CLB AND MAINTAIN 14000 FT, ONE OF THE PAX ON BOARD URGENTLY CLAIMED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HER BABY. SHE STATED THAT HER BABY WAS BLEEDING FROM ITS MOUTH AND REQUESTED THAT WE RETURN TO SBP. I THEN LOOKED AT THE BABY AND NOTICED THAT THE BABY WAS CRYING AND THAT ITS SKIN WAS VERY FLUSH/(RED). I THEN CALLED OUR OPS PERSONNEL IN SBP TO INFORM THEM THAT WE WERE RETURNING DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER. WE THEN ASKED ZLA FOR A CLRNC BACK TO SBP DUE TO A MEDICAL EMER. MY FO WHO WAS FLYING THE ACFT AT THE TIME, FELT THAT THE PRESSURE CHANGES DURING THE CLB MAY HAVE HAD AN EFFECT ON THE BABY LEVELED THE ACFT AT 4000 FT (INSTEAD OF CLBING TO 14000 FT). THE CTR CTLR IMMEDIATELY CLRED US TO THE IAF AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER CLRED US FOR THE APCH TO SBP. THE CTLR THEN ASKED US IF WE WERE DECLARING AN EMER. I REPLIED 'YES' AND ASKED THEM TO HAVE THE PARAMEDICS MEET US WHEN WE LANDED. WE THEN FLEW A NORMAL APCH AND MADE A NORMAL LNDG AT APPROX 300 POUNDS OVER OUR LNDG WT LIMIT. AFTER THE INCIDENT, I NOTIFIED OUR MAINT DEPT IN FRESNO ABOUT OUR OVERWT LNDG. MAINT THEN ASKED US IF WE FELT COMFORTABLE ABOUT FERRYING THE ACFT TO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE A REQUIRED MAINT INSPECTION WOULD TAKE PLACE ON THE ACFT. AFTER TAKING THE FOLLOWING FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION, WE MADE A NORMAL SMOOTH LNDG, AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR LNDG WT IS BASED ON AVERAGE PAX AND BAGGAGE WTS (165 POUNDS FOR PAX AND 23.5 FOR BAGGAGE) AND NOT ACTUAL WTS (SOME OF THE PAX AND BAGS WEIGHTED LESS THAN THE AVERAGE) THUS THE OVERWT FACTOR MAY HAVE BEEN LESS THAN 300 POUNDS. MAINT ASSURED ME THAT THE ACFT WAS SAFE TO FLY AND THAT THE FERRY PROC WAS LEGAL, I FELT THAT THE ACFT WAS SAFE AND LEGAL TO FLY. WE FERRIED THE ACFT TO SFO WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.