<< >> NASA ASRS Report 516590, June 2001

A B737 captain reported that passenger were sitting on his aircraft before the flight attendants had arrived and that the flight deck door was open, causing the entire aircraft to be security checked.

Attributes
ACN	516590
Time
Date	200106
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sjc.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	516590
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Upon arrival at aircraft, the flight attendants discovered passenger on board with no one else on board to supervise them. They also discovered the forward service door incorrectly disarmed. Upon arrival at the aircraft, the first officer discovered the cockpit door open. In accordance with the B737 operating manual, a thorough preflight inspection was accomplished.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 CAPT RPTED THAT PAX WERE SITTING ON HIS ACFT BEFORE THE FLT ATTENDANTS HAD ARRIVED AND THAT THE FLT DECK DOOR WAS OPEN, CAUSING THE ENTIRE ACFT TO BE SECURITY CHKED.

Narrative: UPON ARR AT ACFT, THE FLT ATTENDANTS DISCOVERED PAX ON BOARD WITH NO ONE ELSE ON BOARD TO SUPERVISE THEM. THEY ALSO DISCOVERED THE FORWARD SVC DOOR INCORRECTLY DISARMED. UPON ARR AT THE ACFT, THE FO DISCOVERED THE COCKPIT DOOR OPEN. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE B737 OPERATING MANUAL, A THOROUGH PREFLT INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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.