CAPT BECAME ILL AND PARTIALLY INCAPACITATED 1 HR OUT OF LAX. FLT CONTINUED TO NORMAL LNDG.
Synopsis
CAPT BECAME ILL AND PARTIALLY INCAPACITATED 1 HR OUT OF LAX. FLT CONTINUED TO NORMAL LNDG.
Narrative
WHILE ENRTE TO LAX ABOUT 1 HR FROM LNDG; THE CAPT EXCUSED HIMSELF FROM THE COCKPIT TO THE LAVATORY. A FEW MINS LATER; HE RETURNED COMPLAINING OF STOMACH PROBLEMS AND WAS SWEATING AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN VOMITING. HE SUSPECTED FOOD POISONING. HE STATED THAT WE SHOULD PROCEED TO LOS ANGELES BUT HE WANTED OUR COMPANY MEDICAL DEPT TO MEET HIM UPON ARR. WE ADVISED OUR COMPANY DISPATCH OF THE SITUATION AND WE (CAPT AND I) DECIDED THAT HE WAS WELL ENOUGH TO CONTINUE. THE CAPT'S CONDITION SLOWLY WORSENED THROUGHOUT THE APCH AND LNDG. WE FLEW A COUPLED APCH AND I MADE THE LNDG AS IT WAS MY TURN TO LAND ANYWAY. AFTER LNDG (RWY 25L) AND STOPPING SHORT OF RWY 25R THE CAPT BECAME TOO WEAK TO CONTINUE AND HE DECIDED THAT I SHOULD SWITCH SEATS WITH HIM AND TAXI THE ACFT TO THE GATE. SINCE I HAVE A TYPE RATING IN THE ACFT AND THE GATE AREA WAS UNCONGESTED; I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS SITUATION AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITH NO PROBLEM. THE MEDICAL TEAM ESCORTED THE CAPT FROM THE ACFT AND TREATED HIM. THROUGHOUT THE EVENT THE CAPT WAS NEVER MENTALLY IMPAIRED; BUT HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE PHYSICALLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT. ATC WAS NOT ADVISED AS THE CAPT WAS ABLE TO ACT AS PNF AND WAS ABLE TO PERFORM AS SUCH UNTIL AFTER LNDG AS STATED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.