# Incident 19981215043249I: Emb EMB120RT, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, December 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1998, 19:04 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N240AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N240AS-2003-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120RT (registry code 3260202, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120RT
- Pilot flight hours: 3,975 total, 1,875 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981215043249I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5)ACCORDING TO THE PIC, ABOUT 15 NAUTICAL MILES OUT FROM LANDING, HE BEGAN TO VOMIT. THIS CONTINUED FOR A FEW MINUTES.  AFTER ASKING ATC FOR THEIR LANDING SEQUENCE (NO.7), ATC INQUIRED ABOUT WHY HE SHOULD ASK. THE PIC REPLIED THAT WE MAY NEED PRIORITY HANDLING BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE INCAPACITATED PILOT.   APPARENTLY, ATC THEN TREATED THE FLIGHT AS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.  EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY AS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED.  THE POI OF THE CARRIER, GEORGE JONES, HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE FACTS CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT.  ANY IMCOMPLETE INFORMATION ON FORM 8020-23 IS BELIEVED TO BE NOT APPLICABLE AND NOT RELEVANT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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