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Flight crew of a DC9-30 landed overweight due a return land for ill passenger. Maintenance inspected aircraft and signed off prior to next flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 424232 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gfk |
| State Reference | ND |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 424232 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On climb out of grand forks, nd, a passenger appeared to be having a stroke. We declared a medical emergency and returned to gfk. We landed at 100000 pounds (1000 pounds over maximum landing weight) with a 300 FPM rate of descent with a normal touchdown. After paramedics assisted and removed our ill passenger, maintenance reviewed and signed off our logbook and we continued on to our destination, msp. All other operations normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A DC9-30 LANDED OVERWT DUE A RETURN LAND FOR ILL PAX. MAINT INSPECTED ACFT AND SIGNED OFF PRIOR TO NEXT FLT.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT OF GRAND FORKS, ND, A PAX APPEARED TO BE HAVING A STROKE. WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER AND RETURNED TO GFK. WE LANDED AT 100000 LBS (1000 LBS OVER MAX LNDG WT) WITH A 300 FPM RATE OF DSCNT WITH A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN. AFTER PARAMEDICS ASSISTED AND REMOVED OUR ILL PAX, MAINT REVIEWED AND SIGNED OFF OUR LOGBOOK AND WE CONTINUED ON TO OUR DEST, MSP. ALL OTHER OPS NORMAL.
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.