F100 crew accepts cargo in cabin with excess dry ice.

Attributes
ACN	456010
Time
Date	199911
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gso.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : slc.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
ASRS Report	456010
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	456003
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Chart Or Publication Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

At departure time we received a loading form indicating a human organ was being loaded in the cargo compartment. Checked operations manual and found maximum dry ice in the cabin is 20 pounds or 4.4 pounds per passenger. Did not think per passenger requirement applied to this situation and therefore I asked the cargo personnel to bring the organ to the cabin so we could make sure it got expeditious handling in dallas. After departure, we realized that we had exceeded the dry ice limitation as stated in the aircraft operating manual. It calls for a maximum per package of 4 pounds. The package contained 5 pounds of dry ice. Supplemental information from acn 456003: ground crew advised us we were transporting a human organ packed in dry ice loaded in the cargo compartment. We checked operations manual and decided as long as the total dry ice was not over 20 pounds we could transport organ in cabin to facilitate a quicker xfer on arrival. Organ was packed in 5 pounds of dry ice. In-flight, we checked aircraft operating manual. It states a single package cannot exceed 4 pounds of dry ice with a cabin total of 20 pounds. This conflicts somewhat with flight operations manual which states each passenger can carry 4.4 pounds and aircraft total of 20 pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: F100 CREW ACCEPTS CARGO IN CABIN WITH EXCESS DRY ICE.

Narrative: AT DEP TIME WE RECEIVED A LOADING FORM INDICATING A HUMAN ORGAN WAS BEING LOADED IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. CHKED OPS MANUAL AND FOUND MAX DRY ICE IN THE CABIN IS 20 LBS OR 4.4 LBS PER PAX. DID NOT THINK PER PAX REQUIREMENT APPLIED TO THIS SIT AND THEREFORE I ASKED THE CARGO PERSONNEL TO BRING THE ORGAN TO THE CABIN SO WE COULD MAKE SURE IT GOT EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING IN DALLAS. AFTER DEP, WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD EXCEEDED THE DRY ICE LIMITATION AS STATED IN THE ACFT OPERATING MANUAL. IT CALLS FOR A MAX PER PACKAGE OF 4 LBS. THE PACKAGE CONTAINED 5 LBS OF DRY ICE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 456003: GND CREW ADVISED US WE WERE TRANSPORTING A HUMAN ORGAN PACKED IN DRY ICE LOADED IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. WE CHKED OPS MANUAL AND DECIDED AS LONG AS THE TOTAL DRY ICE WAS NOT OVER 20 LBS WE COULD TRANSPORT ORGAN IN CABIN TO FACILITATE A QUICKER XFER ON ARR. ORGAN WAS PACKED IN 5 LBS OF DRY ICE. INFLT, WE CHKED ACFT OPERATING MANUAL. IT STATES A SINGLE PACKAGE CANNOT EXCEED 4 LBS OF DRY ICE WITH A CABIN TOTAL OF 20 LBS. THIS CONFLICTS SOMEWHAT WITH FLT OPS MANUAL WHICH STATES EACH PAX CAN CARRY 4.4 LBS AND ACFT TOTAL OF 20 LBS.

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.