Heading track deviation. Passenger behavior incapacitation illness.

Attributes
ACN	268916
Time
Date	199404
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bpr
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 11000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw tower : ftw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12000
ASRS Report	268916
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8405 flight time type : 950
ASRS Report	268625
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Arriving dfw with ill passenger. ATC told us to expect runway 35L. We were arriving over bridgeport. Normal runway would be 36L. Flight attendant called cockpit while I was calling ground for paramedics. PF overshot turn point on STAR by 6 mi. I was overloaded trying to handle passenger situation and coordinate with emergency personnel. Co-pilot missed turn point because of confusion over expected runway. ATC vectored us to downwind with no apparent separation loss. Supplemental information from acn 268625: we has a passenger in the cabin that had lost consciousness and was being treated by a doctor who was traveling on the flight. There were several calls made back and forth between the cabin crew and cockpit during the event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HDG TRACK DEV. PAX BEHAVIOR INCAPACITATION ILLNESS.

Narrative: ARRIVING DFW WITH ILL PAX. ATC TOLD US TO EXPECT RWY 35L. WE WERE ARRIVING OVER BRIDGEPORT. NORMAL RWY WOULD BE 36L. FLT ATTENDANT CALLED COCKPIT WHILE I WAS CALLING GND FOR PARAMEDICS. PF OVERSHOT TURN POINT ON STAR BY 6 MI. I WAS OVERLOADED TRYING TO HANDLE PAX SIT AND COORDINATE WITH EMER PERSONNEL. CO-PLT MISSED TURN POINT BECAUSE OF CONFUSION OVER EXPECTED RWY. ATC VECTORED US TO DOWNWIND WITH NO APPARENT SEPARATION LOSS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 268625: WE HAS A PAX IN THE CABIN THAT HAD LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS BEING TREATED BY A DOCTOR WHO WAS TRAVELING ON THE FLT. THERE WERE SEVERAL CALLS MADE BACK AND FORTH BTWN THE CABIN CREW AND COCKPIT DURING THE EVENT.

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.