# Incident 20060701017499I: Boeing 717200, Atlanta, GA, July 1, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2006, 15:06 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N938AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N938AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-715A130 (registry code 54006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-deutschland-br700-715a130) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 107
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,714 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060701017499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRTRAN (TRS) FLIGHT 263 FROM TPA-FNT DIVERTED INTO ATLANTA (ATL) DUE TO AN INCAPACITATED FIRST OFFICER. WHILE IN CRUISE FIRST OFFICER COMPLAINED SHE HAD A STOMACH ACHE AND NEEDED TO USE THE LAVATORY. THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT INFORMED THE CAPTAIN A REGISTERED NURSE WAS WITH THE FIRST OFFICER, AND SHE COULD NOT RETURN TO THE COCKPIT. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, INFORMED ATC HE WAS SINGLE PILOT STATUS AND NEEDED TO DIVERT TO ATLANTA. THE AIRPLANE LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PARAMEDICS MET THE AIRCRAFT WHERE THE FIRST OFFICER WAS REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION.

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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