An unattended galley cart on a B727 ferry flight rolls down aisle on landing and breaks cockpit door...

Attributes
ACN	343597
Time
Date	199608
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
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	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	343597
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	344421
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Flight was a ferry flight from ord to msp (no passenger, no flight attendants). Upon landing at msp a galley service cart cracked through the cockpit door, damaging it. No one was injured. The cart apparently came from the aft galley, all the way up the aisle while en route. The aircraft had come from the hangar in ord, and apparently had been catered for an earlier flight. A full compliment of carts were loaded in the aft galley. Either this cart had not been latched in position and/or the brakes on the cart had not been set, or failed. I have since heard of occurrences where this same thing has happened on passenger flts with other airlines. This is probably a good thing for a pilot to check on a ferry flight, where there are no flight attendants on board, as this is usually their duty to double check. Supplemental information from acn 344421: a galley service cart hit the cockpit door, breaking it off of its hinges. Supplemental information from can 343598: also the brake on the carts wheels was not set.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN UNATTENDED GALLEY CART ON A B727 FERRY FLT ROLLS DOWN AISLE ON LNDG AND BREAKS COCKPIT DOOR.

Narrative: FLT WAS A FERRY FLT FROM ORD TO MSP (NO PAX, NO FLT ATTENDANTS). UPON LNDG AT MSP A GALLEY SVC CART CRACKED THROUGH THE COCKPIT DOOR, DAMAGING IT. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE CART APPARENTLY CAME FROM THE AFT GALLEY, ALL THE WAY UP THE AISLE WHILE ENRTE. THE ACFT HAD COME FROM THE HANGAR IN ORD, AND APPARENTLY HAD BEEN CATERED FOR AN EARLIER FLT. A FULL COMPLIMENT OF CARTS WERE LOADED IN THE AFT GALLEY. EITHER THIS CART HAD NOT BEEN LATCHED IN POS AND/OR THE BRAKES ON THE CART HAD NOT BEEN SET, OR FAILED. I HAVE SINCE HEARD OF OCCURRENCES WHERE THIS SAME THING HAS HAPPENED ON PAX FLTS WITH OTHER AIRLINES. THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING FOR A PLT TO CHK ON A FERRY FLT, WHERE THERE ARE NO FLT ATTENDANTS ON BOARD, AS THIS IS USUALLY THEIR DUTY TO DOUBLE CHK. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 344421: A GALLEY SVC CART HIT THE COCKPIT DOOR, BREAKING IT OFF OF ITS HINGES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM CAN 343598: ALSO THE BRAKE ON THE CARTS WHEELS WAS NOT SET.

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.