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An EMS helicopter flight crew exceeded the 14 hour maximum duty day limitation. The flight crew had been assigned a trip which was scheduled to return prior to the end of the night shift duty period. Patient complications caused a delay that placed the flight crew beyond legal limitations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 322490 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Bell Helicopter 412 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 1000 flight time type : 145 |
| ASRS Report | 322490 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 36 flight time total : 4300 flight time type : 175 |
| ASRS Report | 322491 |
| 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:
Overflew duty day time by 45 mins due to patient complications at hospital a. Condition: medical flight for home base hospital. Duty day for night shift was 13 hours. We received a late call. Flight would have been completed in normal time within normal duty day. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that the flight crew was preparing to depart hospital a to transport patient to home base hospital in a BH41. The patient experienced complications after boarding and was taken back into the hospital. This delay placed the flight crew well past their maximum duty day limitation of 14 hours.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN EMS HELI FLC EXCEEDED THE 14 HR MAX DUTY DAY LIMITATION. THE FLC HAD BEEN ASSIGNED A TRIP WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO RETURN PRIOR TO THE END OF THE NIGHT SHIFT DUTY PERIOD. PATIENT COMPLICATIONS CAUSED A DELAY THAT PLACED THE FLC BEYOND LEGAL LIMITATIONS.
Narrative: OVERFLEW DUTY DAY TIME BY 45 MINS DUE TO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS AT HOSPITAL A. CONDITION: MEDICAL FLT FOR HOME BASE HOSPITAL. DUTY DAY FOR NIGHT SHIFT WAS 13 HRS. WE RECEIVED A LATE CALL. FLT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN NORMAL TIME WITHIN NORMAL DUTY DAY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE FLC WAS PREPARING TO DEPART HOSPITAL A TO TRANSPORT PATIENT TO HOME BASE HOSPITAL IN A BH41. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED COMPLICATIONS AFTER BOARDING AND WAS TAKEN BACK INTO THE HOSPITAL. THIS DELAY PLACED THE FLC WELL PAST THEIR MAX DUTY DAY LIMITATION OF 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.