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Boat mooring pole stored in overhead bin in cabin fell out striking female passenger on head. First aid from medic called for and head injury treated with ice pack.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 178251 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199105 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 193 flight time total : 7525 flight time type : 2109 |
| ASRS Report | 178251 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
As the passenger were leaving the aircraft at gate 30 at msp, a passenger that was seated at seat 30C knocked a boat mooring pole out of the overhead bin while retrieving some luggage. This pole struck a passenger, who was seated in seat 29B, on the head. This pole was carried on the aircraft by the passenger who was seated at seat 30B. Paramedics were called and an ice pack was applied to passenger head. Boat mooring poles should be carried in the baggage compartment as checked baggage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BOAT MOORING POLE STORED IN OVERHEAD BIN IN CABIN FELL OUT STRIKING FEMALE PASSENGER ON HEAD. FIRST AID FROM MEDIC CALLED FOR AND HEAD INJURY TREATED WITH ICE PACK.
Narrative: AS THE PAX WERE LEAVING THE ACFT AT GATE 30 AT MSP, A PAX THAT WAS SEATED AT SEAT 30C KNOCKED A BOAT MOORING POLE OUT OF THE OVERHEAD BIN WHILE RETRIEVING SOME LUGGAGE. THIS POLE STRUCK A PAX, WHO WAS SEATED IN SEAT 29B, ON THE HEAD. THIS POLE WAS CARRIED ON THE ACFT BY THE PAX WHO WAS SEATED AT SEAT 30B. PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED AND AN ICE PACK WAS APPLIED TO PAX HEAD. BOAT MOORING POLES SHOULD BE CARRIED IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT AS CHKED BAGGAGE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.