COMMUTER FO DISCOVERS WALLET MISSING DURING FLT. PLT CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL NOT ON HIS PERSON. ACI INSPECTOR DOES RAMP CHK.
Synopsis
COMMUTER FO DISCOVERS WALLET MISSING DURING FLT. PLT CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL NOT ON HIS PERSON. ACI INSPECTOR DOES RAMP CHK.
Narrative
I WAS SERVING AS FO ON FLT FROM GREGG COUNTY ARPT IN LONGVIEW; TX; DALLAS LOVE FIELD; DALLAS; TEXAS. AFTER PREFLT OF THE ACFT AND DISPATCH OF FLT; CAPT AND I TOOK OFF FOR DALLAS LOVE FIELD. DURING THE FLT ABOUT 25 MINS OUT OF DALLAS; I REACHED FOR MY WALLET; AT WHICH TIME I REALIZED IT WAS MISSING. AFTER CHKING AROUND MY SEAT; I ADVISED CAPT OF MY SIT AND I RADIOED DISPATCH IN DALLAS THAT I COULD NOT FIND MY WALLET AND THAT I WOULD NEED A COPY OF MY LICENSE AND MEDICAL WHEN WE ARRIVED. I WAS TOLD ON MY CHKRIDE; BY CHIEF PLT; THAT IN THE EVENT THAT WE EVER LOST OUR LICENSE OR MEDICAL; A COPY WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE UNTIL PROPER ACTION TO GET ANOTHER WAS COMPLETED. WHEN I ARRIVED ON THE GND IN DALLAS; I PROCURED THE COPY FROM DISPATCH; AND PROCEEDED TO CONTINUE MY DUTIES UNTIL I COULD FIND MY WALLET. UPON ARR IN DALLAS AS WELL; OUR FAA POI WAS GIVING A LINE CHK TO OUR NEXT FLT. HE ASKED TO SEE MY LICENSE AND MEDICAL AT WHICH TIME I GAVE HIM THE COPY AND EXPLAINED THAT I HAD LOST MY WALLET THIS MORNING SOMETIME. HE SAID THE DOCUMENT WAS NOT OFFICIAL AND TOLD ME I COULD NOT TAKE THE NEXT FLT. I DEADHEADED BACK TO GREGG COUNTY ARPT WHERE I BEGAN A SEARCH FOR MY WALLET. UPON RETRACING MY STEPS FOR THE MORNING; I GOT TO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE I HAD DROPPED MY FLT BAG AND ACCESSORIES; AND AS WELL AS MY WALLET AT 0500. IT HAD FALLEN UNDER MY STAIRWELL AND WHEN I PICKED UP MY THINGS; I DID NOT SEE IT. I RECOVERED MY WALLET; MEDICAL; AND LICENSE. I BELIEVE UPON DETERMINING ENRTE TO DALLAS LOVE FIELD THAT MY WALLET WAS MISSING; I DID ALL THAT WAS POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THIS ACTION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.