# Incident 20030127036329I: Little Rock, AR, January 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2003, 04:45 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030127036329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 26, I WAS CONTACTED AT HOME AND REQUESTED TO THE AIRPORT CONCERNING AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOT WHO WAS BEING DETAINED BY THE LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT POLICE BECAUSE OF THE SMELL OF ALCOHOL ON HIS BREATH WHEN HE HAD PASSED THROUGH SECURITY. I ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT AT ABOUT 0630, AND CONTACTED THE TSA AND THE LOCAL POLICE. THEY INDICATED THAT CAPTAIN BOTT HAD BEEN GIVEN A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST (FST) BY BOTH THE LITTLE ROCK POLICE, AND THE AR STATE POLICE AND HAD NOT PASSED. THEY HAD OFFERED A BREATH ANALYSIS TEST AND HE HAD REFUSED. AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER AND THE AA COMO, IT WAS DECIDED TO OFFER CAPTAIN BOTT ONE ADDITIONAL CHANCE TO TAKE THE BREATH ANALYSIS. AFTER EXPLAINING THE RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING THE BREATH TEST, CAPTAIN BOTT AGREED TO TAKE THE TEST AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY THE LITTLE ROCK POLICE OFFICER TO THE PLAUASKI COUNTY FACILITY FOR THE BREATH TEST. THE TEST WAS CONDUCTED AT 0745 (APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST DETECTED). THE RESULTS WERE .004. THIS WAS BELOW THE LIMIT REQUIRED BY THE FAR SO CAPTAIN BOTT WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND RELEASED TO THE LITTLE ROCK FLIGHT OPERATIONS MANAGER AT ABOUT 0815. FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS TURNED OVER TO ^PRIVACY ^, SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL SECTION. DURING OUR LAST CONVERSATION, ^PRIVACY ^ INDICATED THAT PROBABLY NO FURTHER ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN IN THIS CASE. AFS-620 ADDITIONAL COMMENT: "BODIES ON BOARD AIRCRAFT NOT IDENTIFIED SINCE THE PILOT WAS REMOVED FROM THAT AIRCRAFT'S OPERATION."

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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