Captain of an air carrier large transport stopped aircraft when leaving the runway after landing to ask the first officer to taxi the aircraft to the gate since he had turned ill. The emt personnel met the aircraft and administered to the captain during passenger deplaning. He was subsequently taken to a hospital for further medical treatment.

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Attributes
ACN	414465
Time
Date	199809
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oak
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : private pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	414465
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Captain's leg on flight to oak from den. Captain's health and performance satisfactory and uneventful through landing at oak. After clearing the runway, I heard captain ask first officer to taxi the aircraft and saw the captain hunched over and obviously feeling faint. Control of aircraft never compromised. First officer taxied the aircraft to a stop at midfield away from terminal. Captain asked for trash bag and vomited into it. First officer and myself made radio calls to ground control and company (at station). Arranged for company to tow aircraft to gate on APU power with engines shut down. Informed flight attendants of situation. During tow to gate, captain went to restroom and returned to cockpit. Emt personnel met captain at gate and transported him to local hospital for tests. Passenger deplaned uneventfully while emt personnel conversed with captain in cockpit while taking his vital signs. No real lessons learned. Source of captain's distress/sickness unknown to me. Continued trip with new captain from san francisco after a short delay.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN ACR LGT STOPPED ACFT WHEN LEAVING THE RWY AFTER LNDG TO ASK THE FO TO TAXI THE ACFT TO THE GATE SINCE HE HAD TURNED ILL. THE EMT PERSONNEL MET THE ACFT AND ADMINISTERED TO THE CAPT DURING PAX DEPLANING. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT.

Narrative: CAPT'S LEG ON FLT TO OAK FROM DEN. CAPT'S HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE SATISFACTORY AND UNEVENTFUL THROUGH LNDG AT OAK. AFTER CLRING THE RWY, I HEARD CAPT ASK FO TO TAXI THE ACFT AND SAW THE CAPT HUNCHED OVER AND OBVIOUSLY FEELING FAINT. CTL OF ACFT NEVER COMPROMISED. FO TAXIED THE ACFT TO A STOP AT MIDFIELD AWAY FROM TERMINAL. CAPT ASKED FOR TRASH BAG AND VOMITED INTO IT. FO AND MYSELF MADE RADIO CALLS TO GND CTL AND COMPANY (AT STATION). ARRANGED FOR COMPANY TO TOW ACFT TO GATE ON APU PWR WITH ENGS SHUT DOWN. INFORMED FLT ATTENDANTS OF SIT. DURING TOW TO GATE, CAPT WENT TO RESTROOM AND RETURNED TO COCKPIT. EMT PERSONNEL MET CAPT AT GATE AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO LCL HOSPITAL FOR TESTS. PAX DEPLANED UNEVENTFULLY WHILE EMT PERSONNEL CONVERSED WITH CAPT IN COCKPIT WHILE TAKING HIS VITAL SIGNS. NO REAL LESSONS LEARNED. SOURCE OF CAPT'S DISTRESS/SICKNESS UNKNOWN TO ME. CONTINUED TRIP WITH NEW CAPT FROM SAN FRANCISCO AFTER A SHORT DELAY.

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.