Captain of an atx charter light transport reports exceeding the flight crew duty time limitations.

Attributes
ACN	320880
Time
Date	199511
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sat
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Learjet 25
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	other other : other pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 95 flight time total : 2740 flight time type : 405
ASRS Report	320880
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Transported passenger to atl with a planned departure time of XL00 CST. Passenger were late due to traffic jam, and did not return until approximately XN10 CST. Arrived at sat at XP50. Duty day started at XA30 CST. Ended at XP55. Total duty day was 15.4 hours. Planned completion of trip was within 14 hours.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN ATX CHARTER LTT RPTS EXCEEDING THE FLC DUTY TIME LIMITATIONS.

Narrative: TRANSPORTED PAX TO ATL WITH A PLANNED DEP TIME OF XL00 CST. PAX WERE LATE DUE TO TFC JAM, AND DID NOT RETURN UNTIL APPROX XN10 CST. ARRIVED AT SAT AT XP50. DUTY DAY STARTED AT XA30 CST. ENDED AT XP55. TOTAL DUTY DAY WAS 15.4 HRS. PLANNED COMPLETION OF TRIP WAS WITHIN 14 HRS.

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.