A blind passenger with dog was seated in an emergency exit row.

Attributes
ACN	271252
Time
Date	199405
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sch
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : preflight other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	271252
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
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:

When boarding a blind passenger with a large dog he was allowed to situation in an emergency exit row because he was able to demonstrate exit operation. However, I neglected to read the details of the prohibition and didn't know he had to visually evaluate outside danger. Judgement call, bad one. Reported by first officer to management.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BLIND PAX WITH DOG WAS SEATED IN AN EMER EXIT ROW.

Narrative: WHEN BOARDING A BLIND PAX WITH A LARGE DOG HE WAS ALLOWED TO SIT IN AN EMER EXIT ROW BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE EXIT OP. HOWEVER, I NEGLECTED TO READ THE DETAILS OF THE PROHIBITION AND DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD TO VISUALLY EVALUATE OUTSIDE DANGER. JUDGEMENT CALL, BAD ONE. RPTED BY FO TO MGMNT.

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.