Damaged cargo container on ground at cdg.

Attributes
ACN	433990
Time
Date	199902
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lfpg.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Weather Elements	Rain
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdv.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
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 : 10800 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	433990
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : aci 2
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

On preflight, damaged uld container with a small tear on top found prior to loading. This was during an FAA ramp check. The container was also on the previous flight, east midlands, united kingdom to paris, france, charles de gaulle. However, the damage was not noticed on the preflight by my flight engineer. It is possible it was noticed during loading or unloading. The situation was completely rectified prior to departing paris, france, charles de gaulle by unloading the contents and reloading them into another container prior to departure. It is possible that it was damaged during the loading or unloading of the other flight. Our ground handling manual does not permit the carriage of a damaged uld container in the manner that this one was damaged with damage on top.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DAMAGED CARGO CONTAINER ON GND AT CDG.

Narrative: ON PREFLT, DAMAGED ULD CONTAINER WITH A SMALL TEAR ON TOP FOUND PRIOR TO LOADING. THIS WAS DURING AN FAA RAMP CHK. THE CONTAINER WAS ALSO ON THE PREVIOUS FLT, EAST MIDLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM TO PARIS, FRANCE, CHARLES DE GAULLE. HOWEVER, THE DAMAGE WAS NOT NOTICED ON THE PREFLT BY MY FE. IT IS POSSIBLE IT WAS NOTICED DURING LOADING OR UNLOADING. THE SIT WAS COMPLETELY RECTIFIED PRIOR TO DEPARTING PARIS, FRANCE, CHARLES DE GAULLE BY UNLOADING THE CONTENTS AND RELOADING THEM INTO ANOTHER CONTAINER PRIOR TO DEP. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE LOADING OR UNLOADING OF THE OTHER FLT. OUR GND HANDLING MANUAL DOES NOT PERMIT THE CARRIAGE OF A DAMAGED ULD CONTAINER IN THE MANNER THAT THIS ONE WAS DAMAGED WITH DAMAGE ON TOP.

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.