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Air carrier large transport lands while a passenger occupies lavatory.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 256824 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199311 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 256824 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Passenger in lavatory on landing. Too airsick to return to seat. Considerations for continuing with land rather than going around. 1) wind was almost calm for touchdown. Earlier wind was crosswind gusting to 30 KTS. 2) lax was landing to the east due to strong santa ana wind conditions. Going around would have put us back in moderate turbulence. 3) going around would have placed us in emergency fuel situation prior to another landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LGT LANDS WHILE A PAX OCCUPIES LAVATORY.
Narrative: PAX IN LAVATORY ON LNDG. TOO AIRSICK TO RETURN TO SEAT. CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONTINUING WITH LAND RATHER THAN GOING AROUND. 1) WIND WAS ALMOST CALM FOR TOUCHDOWN. EARLIER WIND WAS XWIND GUSTING TO 30 KTS. 2) LAX WAS LNDG TO THE E DUE TO STRONG SANTA ANA WIND CONDITIONS. GOING AROUND WOULD HAVE PUT US BACK IN MODERATE TURB. 3) GOING AROUND WOULD HAVE PLACED US IN EMER FUEL SIT PRIOR TO ANOTHER LNDG.
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.