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An A320 crew, while stopped during push, observed a baggage handler open the cargo door adjacent to a running number two engine.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 529016 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp.airport |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 529016 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
After pushback from gate at msp, baggage handler showed up at aircraft with bags and proceeded to open cargo hold in front of #2 engine running. He did not ask tug driver if it was okay to do this, nor did we know of door opening until too late. He luckily got bags into cargo without aircraft #2 engine sucking him in. We pulled back in to gate to verify security of bags. Ground supervisor is writing an incident report on this and I believe the individual is being retrained to get clearance into cargo hold with an engine running.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A320 CREW, WHILE STOPPED DURING PUSH, OBSERVED A BAGGAGE HANDLER OPEN THE CARGO DOOR ADJACENT TO A RUNNING NUMBER TWO ENG.
Narrative: AFTER PUSHBACK FROM GATE AT MSP, BAGGAGE HANDLER SHOWED UP AT ACFT WITH BAGS AND PROCEEDED TO OPEN CARGO HOLD IN FRONT OF #2 ENG RUNNING. HE DID NOT ASK TUG DRIVER IF IT WAS OKAY TO DO THIS, NOR DID WE KNOW OF DOOR OPENING UNTIL TOO LATE. HE LUCKILY GOT BAGS INTO CARGO WITHOUT ACFT #2 ENG SUCKING HIM IN. WE PULLED BACK IN TO GATE TO VERIFY SECURITY OF BAGS. GND SUPVR IS WRITING AN INCIDENT RPT ON THIS AND I BELIEVE THE INDIVIDUAL IS BEING RETRAINED TO GET CLRNC INTO CARGO HOLD WITH AN ENG RUNNING.
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.