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An A321 captain reported the first officer detected the smell of alcohol after pouring bottled water into a cup of ice.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1382324 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
The first officer received a cup of ice from the flight attendant with his crew meal. He poured his bottled water in the cup and took a sip. He stated it tasted like alcohol. He called the flight attendant (flight attendant) and asked him what happened. The flight attendant came up and said he had no idea how that happened. I smelled the cup and could detect an odor of alcohol. The flight attendant could not smell it but stated he was a smoker. I took over pilot flying duties and we proceeded to our filed destination without further incident. After landing I smelled the ice container in the galley and it seemed to have a slight odor of alcohol. I notified the chief pilot's office and we were removed from our next leg. Possible ice contamination by an unknown source.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A321 Captain reported the First Officer detected the smell of alcohol after pouring bottled water into a cup of ice.
Narrative: The First Officer received a cup of ice from the flight attendant with his crew meal. He poured his bottled water in the cup and took a sip. He stated it tasted like alcohol. He called the FA (Flight Attendant) and asked him what happened. The FA came up and said he had no idea how that happened. I smelled the cup and could detect an odor of alcohol. The FA could not smell it but stated he was a smoker. I took over pilot flying duties and we proceeded to our filed destination without further incident. After landing I smelled the ice container in the galley and it seemed to have a slight odor of alcohol. I notified the chief pilot's office and we were removed from our next leg. Possible ice contamination by an unknown source.
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.