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An L1011 during preflight inspection discovered undocumented and unrpted lead acid spillable batteries in the cargo pit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 487282 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | L-1011 Tri-Star All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 487282 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Chart Or Publication Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Company |
| Situations | |
| Publication | OPERATIONS MANUAL |
Narrative:
Ground personnel loaded 2 spillable batteries for a passenger wheel chair in the cargo hold. Our flight operations manual says the captain is to be advised of dangerous goods. Our company ground operations manual says verbal or written notification to captain with the location is all that is required. Obviously, this restricts the amount of information available in an emergency or to fire/rescue personnel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN L1011 DURING PREFLT INSPECTION DISCOVERED UNDOCUMENTED AND UNRPTED LEAD ACID SPILLABLE BATTERIES IN THE CARGO PIT.
Narrative: GND PERSONNEL LOADED 2 SPILLABLE BATTERIES FOR A PAX WHEEL CHAIR IN THE CARGO HOLD. OUR FLT OPS MANUAL SAYS THE CAPT IS TO BE ADVISED OF DANGEROUS GOODS. OUR COMPANY GND OPS MANUAL SAYS VERBAL OR WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO CAPT WITH THE LOCATION IS ALL THAT IS REQUIRED. OBVIOUSLY, THIS RESTRICTS THE AMOUNT OF INFO AVAILABLE IN AN EMER OR TO FIRE/RESCUE PERSONNEL.
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.