Ground crew deiced aircraft with water.

Attributes
ACN	320720
Time
Date	199510
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : hln
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	320720
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Flight bos-iah, deice needed for clear icing over the wing. When ready for pushback from the gate, ground personnel advised that aircraft had been deiced with water. Subsequently, aircraft was deiced with proper deice mixture. Aircraft was inspected by mechanic and departed bos without further problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GND CREW DEICED ACFT WITH WATER.

Narrative: FLT BOS-IAH, DEICE NEEDED FOR CLR ICING OVER THE WING. WHEN READY FOR PUSHBACK FROM THE GATE, GND PERSONNEL ADVISED THAT ACFT HAD BEEN DEICED WITH WATER. SUBSEQUENTLY, ACFT WAS DEICED WITH PROPER DEICE MIXTURE. ACFT WAS INSPECTED BY MECH AND DEPARTED BOS WITHOUT FURTHER PROBS.

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.