Passenger of an air carrier B727 found a live shot gun shell on floor. Flight crew notified company to have security meet aircraft upon arrival. Passenger were not screened by security upon deplaning, but company inspected the cabin.

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Attributes
ACN	491031
Time
Date	200011
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ama.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	491031
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly
Independent Detector	other other : 5
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

During cruise flight, FL310, 1 flight attendant brought to cockpit a live 12 gauge shotgun shell a passenger gave to her. Passenger was sitting in row xa and found it on the floor. Flight attendant looked around for more and found none. No passenger claimed the shell. Dispatch was notified and they sent ACARS message back saying slc will be notified and meeting the airplane. Upon arrival in slc no one special met the airplane and they claimed no one notified them at all. Passenger deplaned normally. I was disappointed someone dropped the ball and thought at the very least they would have some security personnel there to hand search everyone deplaning carry-on luggage. The station manager had cabin service give the jet an extra good search as well as my flight engineer and no other live ammunition was found. Return trip to dfw was normal. You would think they would find such items at the security screening check-points but there's no way telling when or where it passed through and at what airport. And it could have been on our jet's floor for days before found.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PAX OF AN ACR B727 FOUND A LIVE SHOT GUN SHELL ON FLOOR. FLC NOTIFIED COMPANY TO HAVE SECURITY MEET ACFT UPON ARR. PAX WERE NOT SCREENED BY SECURITY UPON DEPLANING, BUT COMPANY INSPECTED THE CABIN.

Narrative: DURING CRUISE FLT, FL310, 1 FLT ATTENDANT BROUGHT TO COCKPIT A LIVE 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN SHELL A PAX GAVE TO HER. PAX WAS SITTING IN ROW XA AND FOUND IT ON THE FLOOR. FLT ATTENDANT LOOKED AROUND FOR MORE AND FOUND NONE. NO PAX CLAIMED THE SHELL. DISPATCH WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY SENT ACARS MESSAGE BACK SAYING SLC WILL BE NOTIFIED AND MEETING THE AIRPLANE. UPON ARR IN SLC NO ONE SPECIAL MET THE AIRPLANE AND THEY CLAIMED NO ONE NOTIFIED THEM AT ALL. PAX DEPLANED NORMALLY. I WAS DISAPPOINTED SOMEONE DROPPED THE BALL AND THOUGHT AT THE VERY LEAST THEY WOULD HAVE SOME SECURITY PERSONNEL THERE TO HAND SEARCH EVERYONE DEPLANING CARRY-ON LUGGAGE. THE STATION MGR HAD CABIN SVC GIVE THE JET AN EXTRA GOOD SEARCH AS WELL AS MY FE AND NO OTHER LIVE AMMUNITION WAS FOUND. RETURN TRIP TO DFW WAS NORMAL. YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD FIND SUCH ITEMS AT THE SECURITY SCREENING CHK-POINTS BUT THERE'S NO WAY TELLING WHEN OR WHERE IT PASSED THROUGH AND AT WHAT ARPT. AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN ON OUR JET'S FLOOR FOR DAYS BEFORE FOUND.

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.