At gate, onboard MD80S, cabin attendant noticed fumes in cabin. Flight crew was unable to determine ...

Attributes
ACN	410911
Time
Date	199808
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : yyz
State Reference	ON
Altitude	msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	410911
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was an extra crew member. I boarded the plane and immediately noticed a strong chemical smell. It began to irritate my eyes. I told the first officer and he noticed the smell in galleys, cockpit, closets. First officer called the ground crew. They told us it was a cleaning solution. When we landed in dallas all crew members had headaches, irritated eyes and nausea. I was finishing my sequence in dfw. The rest of the crew went to company medical. The plane was grounded in dfw. Come to find out it was the wrong cleaning agent. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the fumes were detected immediately by the crew on boarding but the ground cleaners claimed the agent used to clean the aircraft interior was the proper solution. After the flight landed in dfw, the aircraft was grounded due to the fact that the cleaning agent used was determined to be other than normal and causing the caustic reaction. Passenger were not affected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AT GATE, ONBOARD MD80S, CABIN ATTENDANT NOTICED FUMES IN CABIN. FLC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. AT DEST IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WRONG CABIN CLEANING AGENT WAS USED AT DEP. ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS.

Narrative: I WAS AN EXTRA CREW MEMBER. I BOARDED THE PLANE AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL. IT BEGAN TO IRRITATE MY EYES. I TOLD THE FO AND HE NOTICED THE SMELL IN GALLEYS, COCKPIT, CLOSETS. FO CALLED THE GND CREW. THEY TOLD US IT WAS A CLEANING SOLUTION. WHEN WE LANDED IN DALLAS ALL CREW MEMBERS HAD HEADACHES, IRRITATED EYES AND NAUSEA. I WAS FINISHING MY SEQUENCE IN DFW. THE REST OF THE CREW WENT TO COMPANY MEDICAL. THE PLANE WAS GNDED IN DFW. COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE WRONG CLEANING AGENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE FUMES WERE DETECTED IMMEDIATELY BY THE CREW ON BOARDING BUT THE GND CLEANERS CLAIMED THE AGENT USED TO CLEAN THE ACFT INTERIOR WAS THE PROPER SOLUTION. AFTER THE FLT LANDED IN DFW, THE ACFT WAS GNDED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CLEANING AGENT USED WAS DETERMINED TO BE OTHER THAN NORMAL AND CAUSING THE CAUSTIC REACTION. PAX WERE NOT AFFECTED.

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.

At gate, onboard MD80S, cabin attendant noticed fumes in cabin. Flight crew was unable to determine cause. At destination it was determined that the wrong cabin cleaning agent was used at departure. Aircraft was taken OTS.