A companion dog on an A320 became ill and loose boweled; requiring a potentially toxic cleaning agen...

Narrative:

Inbound aircraft to make up our flight had a companion dog that vomited and defecated multiple times. Stench quickly traveled throughout aircraft. Dog defecated in jetway as it was deplaning. Cleaners attempted to disinfect and cleanup the problem. When my crew boarded the aircraft; the fumes from the cleaning fluid were very intense. Flight attendant thought she was getting a headache from the odors. My evaluation of the situation was that the fumes were way too strong to allow passenger operations. The cleaners had used a cleaning product called 'aero clean X-200.' the label on the bottle says in part; 'vapors may cause central nervous system depression; headache; and dizziness...' I had to refuse the airplane for passenger operations. While all along the company kept lying to me saying there were no other aircraft available in a maintenance base and major hub; at night with multiple overnight airplanes. When I refused the airplane; amazingly there was another airplane available. Unnecessary 2 hour delay.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Companion Dog on an A320 became ill and loose boweled; requiring a potentially toxic cleaning agent to clean up. The crew refused aircraft for flight because of fumes.

Narrative: Inbound aircraft to make up our flight had a companion dog that vomited and defecated multiple times. Stench quickly traveled throughout aircraft. Dog defecated in jetway as it was deplaning. Cleaners attempted to disinfect and cleanup the problem. When my crew boarded the aircraft; the fumes from the cleaning fluid were very intense. Flight Attendant thought she was getting a headache from the odors. My evaluation of the situation was that the fumes were way too strong to allow passenger operations. The cleaners had used a cleaning product called 'Aero Clean X-200.' The label on the bottle says in part; 'Vapors may cause central nervous system depression; headache; and dizziness...' I had to refuse the airplane for passenger operations. While all along the company kept lying to me saying there were no other aircraft available in a maintenance base and major hub; at night with multiple overnight airplanes. When I refused the airplane; amazingly there was another airplane available. Unnecessary 2 hour delay.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1029058
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

A companion dog on an A320 became ill and loose boweled; requiring a potentially toxic cleaning agent to clean up. The crew refused aircraft for flight because of fumes.