B767-300 flight attendant laments the top heavy beverage carts and their poor brakes. In turbulence ...

Narrative:

The brakes on the carts do not work. Even when engaged they still roll. They are also top heavy and tip easily. We encountered turbulence after the initial beverage service. A liquor cart was parked in the back of the plane with brake on. Flight attendants were asked to take our seats due to turbulence. We were sitting near the back of the plane in empty seats. A liquor cart fell over as a result of the turbulence. If we had been in our jumpseats the cart would have fallen on a flight attendant.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300 Flight Attendant laments the top heavy beverage carts and their poor brakes. In turbulence the carts can roll with the brakes set or tip over.

Narrative: The brakes on the carts do not work. Even when engaged they still roll. They are also top heavy and tip easily. We encountered turbulence after the initial beverage service. A liquor cart was parked in the back of the plane with brake on. Flight attendants were asked to take our seats due to turbulence. We were sitting near the back of the plane in empty seats. A liquor cart fell over as a result of the turbulence. If we had been in our jumpseats the cart would have fallen on a flight attendant.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1151537
Time
Date	201402
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Component
Aircraft Component	Galley Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

B767-300 flight attendant laments the top heavy beverage carts and their poor brakes. In turbulence the carts can roll with the brakes set or tip over.