Failure to inspect aircraft after an overweight landing.

Attributes
ACN	295954
Time
Date	199502
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : jan
State Reference	MS
Altitude	msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme
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 other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	295954
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

About 45 min into the flight, cruising at FL370, the flight attendant came into the cockpit and notified us a passenger was having a heart attack and physicians on board were administering cpr. We (the captain and myself) elected to get the aircraft on the ground as soon as possible. The closest suitable airport was jackson, ms, 60 mi away. So down we dove. Approach and landing were uneventful. After landing, the passenger was off loaded into a waiting ambulance. We contacted dispatch over the phone and worked out new departure numbers. After landing at our destination, maintenance was waiting at the plane and performed an overweight landing inspection. The overweight landing slipped past everyone (the captain, me and dispatch). The dispatcher remembered while we were en route. Perhaps an advisory message to remind all concerned to be on the lookout for this type of slip up would help for the next crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FAILURE TO INSPECT ACFT AFTER AN OVERWT LNDG.

Narrative: ABOUT 45 MIN INTO THE FLT, CRUISING AT FL370, THE FLT ATTENDANT CAME INTO THE COCKPIT AND NOTIFIED US A PAX WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK AND PHYSICIANS ON BOARD WERE ADMINISTERING CPR. WE (THE CAPT AND MYSELF) ELECTED TO GET THE ACFT ON THE GND ASAP. THE CLOSEST SUITABLE ARPT WAS JACKSON, MS, 60 MI AWAY. SO DOWN WE DOVE. APCH AND LNDG WERE UNEVENTFUL. AFTER LNDG, THE PAX WAS OFF LOADED INTO A WAITING AMBULANCE. WE CONTACTED DISPATCH OVER THE PHONE AND WORKED OUT NEW DEP NUMBERS. AFTER LNDG AT OUR DEST, MAINT WAS WAITING AT THE PLANE AND PERFORMED AN OVERWT LNDG INSPECTION. THE OVERWT LNDG SLIPPED PAST EVERYONE (THE CAPT, ME AND DISPATCH). THE DISPATCHER REMEMBERED WHILE WE WERE ENRTE. PERHAPS AN ADVISORY MESSAGE TO REMIND ALL CONCERNED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS TYPE OF SLIP UP WOULD HELP FOR THE NEXT CREW.

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.