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Pilot error admitted in allowing his medical certificate to expire while on flight duty. Pilot qualification for duty affected.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 349230 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199610 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : asg |
| State Reference | AR |
| 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 | PA-31 Navajo Chieftan/Mojave/Navajo T1020 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 349230 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | observation : air carrier inspector |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Our company has a status board with all of the pertinent due dates concerning medicals, 6 month checks, etc. My medical due date was inadvertently erased and replaced with an incorrect date. I am responsible for insuring that all of the pilots are made aware of what checks are due. I therefore rely heavily on the status board. This reliance gave me a false sense of security. My medical was out of date by 1 day. Within 2 hours I had a new medical. The error was discovered by a ramp check. Safety of flight was not an issue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT ERROR ADMITTED IN ALLOWING HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE TO EXPIRE WHILE ON FLT DUTY. PLT QUALIFICATION FOR DUTY AFFECTED.
Narrative: OUR COMPANY HAS A STATUS BOARD WITH ALL OF THE PERTINENT DUE DATES CONCERNING MEDICALS, 6 MONTH CHKS, ETC. MY MEDICAL DUE DATE WAS INADVERTENTLY ERASED AND REPLACED WITH AN INCORRECT DATE. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR INSURING THAT ALL OF THE PLTS ARE MADE AWARE OF WHAT CHKS ARE DUE. I THEREFORE RELY HEAVILY ON THE STATUS BOARD. THIS RELIANCE GAVE ME A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. MY MEDICAL WAS OUT OF DATE BY 1 DAY. WITHIN 2 HRS I HAD A NEW MEDICAL. THE ERROR WAS DISCOVERED BY A RAMP CHK. SAFETY OF FLT WAS NOT AN ISSUE.
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.