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B737 captain reported initiating a pushback before receiving required hazmat documents.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1737118 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 194 Flight Crew Total 16653 Flight Crew Type 3725 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During preflight we received a dangerous goods notification form indicating that we would have dry ice type goods onboard. After briefing and door closure the ground crew came on and said they were ready for push. From [gate] no push clearance is required; only an advisory call to ground. After checklist completion I released the brakes so the crew could scoop us. It was then that I realized we had not yet received our final dg (dangerous goods). I notified the push crew to hold as we had not yet started to push. We received our final dg and after review I notified the ground crew that we were cleared to push. We then pushed. Although we did not actually push prior to the final dg as stated in the fom; we had released the brakes. After a discussion we were not sure if brake release had constituted a push even though we had not moved prior to the final dg. The flight continued to destination without issue and was fully debriefed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported initiating a pushback before receiving required Hazmat documents.
Narrative: During preflight we received a dangerous goods notification form indicating that we would have dry ice type goods onboard. After briefing and door closure the ground crew came on and said they were ready for push. From [gate] no push clearance is required; only an advisory call to ground. After checklist completion I released the brakes so the crew could scoop us. It was then that I realized we had not yet received our final DG (Dangerous Goods). I notified the push crew to hold as we had not yet started to push. We received our final DG and after review I notified the ground crew that we were cleared to push. We then pushed. Although we did not actually push prior to the final DG as stated in the FOM; we had released the brakes. After a discussion we were not sure if brake release had constituted a push even though we had not moved prior to the final DG. The flight continued to destination without issue and was fully debriefed.
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.