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A tool box accidentally falls out of the baggage compartment of an air ambulance agusta A109 during departure from a hospital without damage to any property or injury to persons on the ground.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 433266 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | A109 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 6100 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 433266 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : gnd observer 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was preparing to start aircraft for 6TH and final leg of an air ambulance flight after having unloaded patient at the hospital. The other crew member (flight nurse) removed something from the baggage compartment. After a normal departure from the hospital helipad and climb to cruise, dispatch advised us someone on the ground saw something fall to the ground. Upon landing we observed the baggage compartment door had not been properly latched and a small tool kit was missing. It was later recovered without damage or injury to anyone on the surface.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TOOL BOX ACCIDENTALLY FALLS OUT OF THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT OF AN AIR AMBULANCE AGUSTA A109 DURING DEP FROM A HOSPITAL WITHOUT DAMAGE TO ANY PROPERTY OR INJURY TO PERSONS ON THE GND.
Narrative: I WAS PREPARING TO START ACFT FOR 6TH AND FINAL LEG OF AN AIR AMBULANCE FLT AFTER HAVING UNLOADED PATIENT AT THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER CREW MEMBER (FLT NURSE) REMOVED SOMETHING FROM THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. AFTER A NORMAL DEP FROM THE HOSPITAL HELIPAD AND CLB TO CRUISE, DISPATCH ADVISED US SOMEONE ON THE GND SAW SOMETHING FALL TO THE GND. UPON LNDG WE OBSERVED THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY LATCHED AND A SMALL TOOL KIT WAS MISSING. IT WAS LATER RECOVERED WITHOUT DAMAGE OR INJURY TO ANYONE ON THE SURFACE.
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.