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A321 first officer reported no required hazmat documents provided to flight crew regarding electric scooter in cargo compartment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1609809 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FLL.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation |
Narrative:
Upon arrival and during post flight walk-around; first officer discovered ground crew muscling out of the cargo hold an electric scooter that was tagged as a gate check. Ramp estimated the scooter at 100-150lbs far in excess what a standard folding wheelchair weighs![airline] must immediately establish procedures monitored by FAA oversight to deal with the handling of electric scooters and electric wheelchairs for determining their weight. In addition; a form should be created in triplicate that notifies the PIC of their presence and that the ground staff has properly verified their power source (battery) is approved to be carried aboard our aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 First Officer reported no required Hazmat documents provided to flight crew regarding electric scooter in cargo compartment.
Narrative: Upon arrival and during post flight walk-around; First Officer discovered ground crew muscling out of the cargo hold an electric scooter that was tagged as a gate check. Ramp estimated the scooter at 100-150lbs far in excess what a standard folding wheelchair weighs![Airline] must immediately establish procedures monitored by FAA oversight to deal with the handling of electric scooters and electric wheelchairs for determining their weight. In addition; a form should be created in triplicate that notifies the PIC of their presence and that the ground staff has properly verified their power source (battery) is approved to be carried aboard our aircraft.
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.