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An air carrier large transport PIC report on the loading of hydrochloric acid onto his aircraft. The error was not discovered prior to takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 425355 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 425355 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Hydrochloric acid (13,2L) was loaded and carried on passenger aircraft. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that what he saw in his flight operations manual after the flight was an illegal acid that resembled hydrochloric in name. In researching further with the company safety reps, he found that the amount of hydrochloric acid that was actually carried on the flight was legal. The legality rests with the amount of that acid that is shipped. The gate agent's slip that the captain signed showed 20 packages of 660 milliliter containers, for a total of about 13.2 liters (3.45 united states gallons) of acid. At the time, the captain had felt that the company was correct in the labeling and shipping of this material but later had second thought. That is when he filed the erroneous report on an alleged illegal shipment.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR LGT PIC RPT ON THE LOADING OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID ONTO HIS ACFT. THE ERROR WAS NOT DISCOVERED PRIOR TO TKOF.
Narrative: HYDROCHLORIC ACID (13,2L) WAS LOADED AND CARRIED ON PAX ACFT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT WHAT HE SAW IN HIS FLT OPS MANUAL AFTER THE FLT WAS AN ILLEGAL ACID THAT RESEMBLED HYDROCHLORIC IN NAME. IN RESEARCHING FURTHER WITH THE COMPANY SAFETY REPS, HE FOUND THAT THE AMOUNT OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID THAT WAS ACTUALLY CARRIED ON THE FLT WAS LEGAL. THE LEGALITY RESTS WITH THE AMOUNT OF THAT ACID THAT IS SHIPPED. THE GATE AGENT'S SLIP THAT THE CAPT SIGNED SHOWED 20 PACKAGES OF 660 MILLILITER CONTAINERS, FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 13.2 LITERS (3.45 UNITED STATES GALLONS) OF ACID. AT THE TIME, THE CAPT HAD FELT THAT THE COMPANY WAS CORRECT IN THE LABELING AND SHIPPING OF THIS MATERIAL BUT LATER HAD SECOND THOUGHT. THAT IS WHEN HE FILED THE ERRONEOUS RPT ON AN ALLEGED ILLEGAL SHIPMENT.
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.