A320 first officer reported the flying captain became ill on visual approach and left the cockpit to...

Attributes
ACN	976324
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 2500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

Narrative:

We were conducting the approach under visual conditions. Captain was flying pilot and [I] was pilot not flying. Current weather was light winds out of the southwest with greater than 10 miles visibility. While descending on the approach captain stated he was not feeling well and gave me command of the aircraft. At that time he got up from his seat and was standing behind me in the cockpit. I assumed he had a very upset stomach. He told me to land the aircraft and that he had to go into the forward lav. At this time we were descending through approximately 1;500 ft on the approach. Since we were configured for the landing and were on profile I elected to continue rather than declare an emergency and complicate matters any more. The approach to landing was uneventful. Upon clearing the runway I opted to continue taxiing to the gate not knowing the extent of captain's situation. I wanted to get the aircraft to the gate as soon as possible.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 First Officer reported the flying Captain became ill on visual approach and left the cockpit to go to the lav. First Officer landed the aircraft and taxied to the gate.

Narrative: We were conducting the approach under visual conditions. Captain was flying pilot and [I] was pilot not flying. Current weather was light winds out of the southwest with greater than 10 miles visibility. While descending on the approach Captain stated he was not feeling well and gave me command of the aircraft. At that time he got up from his seat and was standing behind me in the cockpit. I assumed he had a very upset stomach. He told me to land the aircraft and that he had to go into the forward lav. At this time we were descending through approximately 1;500 FT on the approach. Since we were configured for the landing and were on profile I elected to continue rather than declare an emergency and complicate matters any more. The approach to landing was uneventful. Upon clearing the runway I opted to continue taxiing to the gate not knowing the extent of Captain's situation. I wanted to get the aircraft to the gate as soon as possible.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A320 first officer reported the flying captain became ill on visual approach and left the cockpit to go to the lav. First officer landed the aircraft and taxied to the gate.