Crj-700 first officer reported that a tin of mints placed between the flap and thrust levers rolled ...

Narrative:

Starting out a 4 day trip and all was normal and by the book. The only thing is the captain put a metal tin of altoids between the flap and thrust levers. We did all checklists and had the takeoff configuration in green. However; when thrust was added; after a few seconds the tin [rolled] down the console to the rudder trim and got stuck pushing it out of trim and [caused] a delayed EICAS message. I know this sounds crazy but it actually happened. Never put anything of significance on the thrust pedestal. Maybe there should be a quarterly bulletin on the event. I really would never have thought anything like this would happen from an altoid can; but lesson learned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-700 First Officer reported that a tin of mints placed between the flap and thrust levers rolled back on takeoff and lodged in the rudder trim causing an EICAS message and rejected takeoff.

Narrative: Starting out a 4 day trip and all was normal and by the book. The only thing is the Captain put a metal tin of Altoids between the flap and thrust levers. We did all checklists and had the takeoff configuration in green. However; when thrust was added; after a few seconds the Tin [rolled] down the console to the rudder trim and got stuck pushing it out of trim and [caused] a delayed EICAS message. I know this sounds crazy but it actually happened. Never put anything of significance on the thrust pedestal. Maybe there should be a quarterly bulletin on the event. I really would never have thought anything like this would happen from an Altoid can; but lesson learned.

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	1130389
Time
Date	201311
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Crj-700 first officer reported that a tin of mints placed between the flap and thrust levers rolled back on takeoff and lodged in the rudder trim causing an EICAS message and rejected takeoff.