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Aircraft engine and APU halon fire bottles received from the vendor have been found with squibs not properly protected for shipping and handling.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1311724 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fire Protection System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We have found aircraft halon engine and APU fire bottles with squibs installed improperly protected for shipping and handling. This is a dangerous configuration that could lead to injury or death to employees handling the pressurized bottles if the squib were to accidently discharged. This might be the failure of vendors to properly prepare these vessels for shipping. Bottle we have found in stores missing any cap on squib. Other bottles were mssing metal caps on discharge ports.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Aircraft engine and APU halon fire bottles received from the vendor have been found with squibs not properly protected for shipping and handling.
Narrative: We have found aircraft halon engine and APU fire bottles with squibs installed improperly protected for shipping and handling. This is a dangerous configuration that could lead to injury or death to employees handling the pressurized bottles if the squib were to accidently discharged. This might be the failure of vendors to properly prepare these vessels for shipping. Bottle we have found in stores missing any cap on squib. Other bottles were mssing metal caps on discharge ports.
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.