A DC9-30 was dispatched with the emergency medical kit missing and a defective circuit breaker.

Attributes
ACN	359254
Time
Date	199701
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
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	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	359254
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During preflight I noticed what I thought was a popped circuit breaker. When I pushed it back in, I received a nasty shock. The circuit breaker panel was in the vicinity of the holder for the emergency medical kit. This occurred at approximately the same time that the copilot was doing his cockpit preflight. The distraction of my getting shocked disrupted our routine and caused us to miss that the emergency medical kit was missing. We flew the flight without the kit. Additional diligence especially after an unusual event would probably have helped in this episode.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9-30 WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE EMER MEDICAL KIT MISSING AND A DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BREAKER.

Narrative: DURING PREFLT I NOTICED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER. WHEN I PUSHED IT BACK IN, I RECEIVED A NASTY SHOCK. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL WAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOLDER FOR THE EMER MEDICAL KIT. THIS OCCURRED AT APPROX THE SAME TIME THAT THE COPLT WAS DOING HIS COCKPIT PREFLT. THE DISTR OF MY GETTING SHOCKED DISRUPTED OUR ROUTINE AND CAUSED US TO MISS THAT THE EMER MEDICAL KIT WAS MISSING. WE FLEW THE FLT WITHOUT THE KIT. ADDITIONAL DILIGENCE ESPECIALLY AFTER AN UNUSUAL EVENT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE HELPED IN THIS EPISODE.

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.