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Widebody transport air carrier aircraft takes off with passenger not seated or buckled with seat belt.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 256199 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199311 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 256199 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Taxied out for takeoff. Tower called to clear us into position and cleared us for takeoff. At about same time, a flight attendant knocked on the cockpit door and told us a passenger had just gotten up and gone into the bathroom. The so and I were running the checklist for takeoff. The captain stated that we were going to continue. There was little time for discussion and we continued the checklist and took off. After getting airborne, we found out the passenger in the bathroom was really a boy and his grandmother. Looking back, I'm not sure what I could have done except to transmit to the tower that we could not takeoff because we had a passenger up, thus taking away the option to takeoff, but things were happening so fast I didn't think to do that. The captain was well aware of the regulations. I guess I was in disbelief that he was really going to takeoff with someone up. Also, this particular captain is very autocratic in his decision making. Discussion of the situation would not have helped. My only options, if I had been quick thinking enough, was to advise the tower of our situation and take away the option of continuing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WDB ACR ACFT TAKES OFF WITH PAX NOT SEATED OR BUCKLED WITH SEAT BELT.
Narrative: TAXIED OUT FOR TKOF. TWR CALLED TO CLR US INTO POS AND CLRED US FOR TKOF. AT ABOUT SAME TIME, A FLT ATTENDANT KNOCKED ON THE COCKPIT DOOR AND TOLD US A PAX HAD JUST GOTTEN UP AND GONE INTO THE BATHROOM. THE SO AND I WERE RUNNING THE CHKLIST FOR TKOF. THE CAPT STATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE. THERE WAS LITTLE TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND WE CONTINUED THE CHKLIST AND TOOK OFF. AFTER GETTING AIRBORNE, WE FOUND OUT THE PAX IN THE BATHROOM WAS REALLY A BOY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER. LOOKING BACK, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE EXCEPT TO XMIT TO THE TWR THAT WE COULD NOT TKOF BECAUSE WE HAD A PAX UP, THUS TAKING AWAY THE OPTION TO TKOF, BUT THINGS WERE HAPPENING SO FAST I DIDN'T THINK TO DO THAT. THE CAPT WAS WELL AWARE OF THE REGS. I GUESS I WAS IN DISBELIEF THAT HE WAS REALLY GOING TO TKOF WITH SOMEONE UP. ALSO, THIS PARTICULAR CAPT IS VERY AUTOCRATIC IN HIS DECISION MAKING. DISCUSSION OF THE SIT WOULD NOT HAVE HELPED. MY ONLY OPTIONS, IF I HAD BEEN QUICK THINKING ENOUGH, WAS TO ADVISE THE TWR OF OUR SIT AND TAKE AWAY THE OPTION OF CONTINUING.
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.