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Air carrier medium large transport return land after passenger becomes ill. Company ground personnel believed that captain performed landing procedure with aircraft gross weight over maximum authorized.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 220472 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199209 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 13000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude landing other other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors enroute airway : mco |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 220472 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 220468 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
A passenger onboard the flight became seriously ill. Difficulty breathing, semiconscious to unconscious, unresponsive. I elected to return aircraft to mco so that medical assistance could be given to the passenger. A routine approach and landing was conducted. The passenger was taken to a hospital. During the course of debriefing it was later discovered that a possibility existed that there may have been a variance between gross weight of the aircraft as displayed on the fuel totalizer gauge and the computer weight records of the aircraft which are kept by the company. It is to the best of my knowledge that the aircraft was landed at a weight which would be considered normal, that is 12800 pounds or less. This figure was arrived at by using the onboard fuel totalizer gauge. Supplemental information from acn 220468: estimated weight at landing was 127000. Captain received a call from system control. The system controller believed we were over our maximum landing weight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG RETURN LAND AFTER PAX BECOMES ILL. CGP BELIEVED THAT CAPT PERFORMED LNDG PROC WITH ACFT GROSS WT OVER MAX AUTHORIZED.
Narrative: A PAX ONBOARD THE FLT BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL. DIFFICULTY BREATHING, SEMICONSCIOUS TO UNCONSCIOUS, UNRESPONSIVE. I ELECTED TO RETURN ACFT TO MCO SO THAT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE COULD BE GIVEN TO THE PAX. A ROUTINE APCH AND LNDG WAS CONDUCTED. THE PAX WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. DURING THE COURSE OF DEBRIEFING IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT A POSSIBILITY EXISTED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A VARIANCE BTWN GROSS WT OF THE ACFT AS DISPLAYED ON THE FUEL TOTALIZER GAUGE AND THE COMPUTER WT RECORDS OF THE ACFT WHICH ARE KEPT BY THE COMPANY. IT IS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THE ACFT WAS LANDED AT A WT WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED NORMAL, THAT IS 12800 POUNDS OR LESS. THIS FIGURE WAS ARRIVED AT BY USING THE ONBOARD FUEL TOTALIZER GAUGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 220468: ESTIMATED WT AT LNDG WAS 127000. CAPT RECEIVED A CALL FROM SYS CTL. THE SYS CTLR BELIEVED WE WERE OVER OUR MAX LNDG WT.
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.