Cargo handlers overloaded cargo bin of a passenger carrying medium large transport.

Attributes
ACN	294214
Time
Date	199412
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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 : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	294214
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Found 2 hazardous cargo notification slips on captain yoke upon arrival at aircraft. Slips totaled 480 pounds. Asked bag loaders where dry ice was. They replied 'B' bin. Informed them that 440 was maximum in any bin. They argued that 'B' was 2 bins. Not so. Then they argued that there really wasn't 480 pounds on board. Then they refused to remove the excess until intervention by the station manager. When we arrived in phl, I checked with the cargo loaders and they indicated that there was no dry ice in a bin (the only place it could have been palced if it was removed from 'B' bin and was still on board as the papers showed). Suggested remedy: retrain the station cargo personnel on hazardous cargo.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CARGO HANDLERS OVERLOADED CARGO BIN OF A PAX CARRYING MLG.

Narrative: FOUND 2 HAZARDOUS CARGO NOTIFICATION SLIPS ON CAPT YOKE UPON ARR AT ACFT. SLIPS TOTALED 480 LBS. ASKED BAG LOADERS WHERE DRY ICE WAS. THEY REPLIED 'B' BIN. INFORMED THEM THAT 440 WAS MAX IN ANY BIN. THEY ARGUED THAT 'B' WAS 2 BINS. NOT SO. THEN THEY ARGUED THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T 480 LBS ON BOARD. THEN THEY REFUSED TO REMOVE THE EXCESS UNTIL INTERVENTION BY THE STATION MGR. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN PHL, I CHKED WITH THE CARGO LOADERS AND THEY INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO DRY ICE IN A BIN (THE ONLY PLACE IT COULD HAVE BEEN PALCED IF IT WAS REMOVED FROM 'B' BIN AND WAS STILL ON BOARD AS THE PAPERS SHOWED). SUGGESTED REMEDY: RETRAIN THE STATION CARGO PERSONNEL ON HAZARDOUS CARGO.

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.