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Attributes | |
ACN | 538519 |
Time | |
Date | 200202 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : sea.airport |
State Reference | WA |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B737-400 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | other |
Flight Phase | landing : roll |
Route In Use | approach : visual arrival star : olympia 3 |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 4000 |
ASRS Report | 538519 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 5300 flight time type : 150 |
ASRS Report | 538471 |
Events | |
Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
Consequence | other other other other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Departed san non a no passenger flight to sea, with 2 flight deck crew members and 3 working flight attendants. Prior to top of descent into sea, first flight attendant (a) elected to observe landing into sea. The flight attendant was seated and with seatbelt buckled prior to top of descent. Upon landing in sea and slowing aircraft for runway exit, a galley cart from the back aft galley came loose and rolled down entire length of aircraft aisle. The galley cart rammed into the back of jump seat. The flight attendant was injured and the jump seat was broken. The cockpit door was open at time of incident, again due to no passenger on board aircraft. Cause of incident was improper securing aft galley cart. Supplemental information from acn 538471: I lowered the nose to the runway and applied the thrust reversers. Moments later I felt and heard a loud crash in the cockpit. I glanced over my left shoulder and saw the flight attendant slumped to the left. I slowed the aircraft to taxi speed and the captain took over taxiing the aircraft. I completed the first officer after landing flows and the after landing checklist. I coordinated with ground control for taxi clearance to the gate. I also radioed seattle operations to have emt personnel meet the aft. At the gate to attend to the flight attendant it was unknown at this time what her injuries were. By this time the other flight attendants were assisting the injured flight attendant. After arrival at the gate, I was told that a beverage cart from the aft galley had moved forward the entire length of the aircraft and had struck the jump seat. The impact damaged the jump seat. Emt personnel examined the flight attendant and released her. The captain and I filled out a form. A ground supervisor took digital photos. It was my understanding that we were repositioning the aircraft from san to sea for the next day's flts. Even though we did not have a ferry flight call sign, I did not feel that we were operating under far part 121 (no passenger or cargo). Having the flight attendant in the cockpit was for her familiarization of cockpit duties during the letdown/landing phase of flight. Having the flight attendant in the cockpit or having the cockpit door open did not create a distraction of any kind (light, noise, etc).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-400 FLT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED WHILE OCCUPYING THE COCKPIT JUMP SEAT FOR LNDG, WHEN A GALLEY CART BROKE LOOSE AND ROLLED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CABIN AND THEN THROUGH THE OPEN COCKPIT DOOR AND STRUCK HER.
Narrative: DEPARTED SAN NON A NO PAX FLT TO SEA, WITH 2 FLT DECK CREW MEMBERS AND 3 WORKING FLT ATTENDANTS. PRIOR TO TOP OF DSCNT INTO SEA, FIRST FLT ATTENDANT (A) ELECTED TO OBSERVE LNDG INTO SEA. THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS SEATED AND WITH SEATBELT BUCKLED PRIOR TO TOP OF DSCNT. UPON LNDG IN SEA AND SLOWING ACFT FOR RWY EXIT, A GALLEY CART FROM THE BACK AFT GALLEY CAME LOOSE AND ROLLED DOWN ENTIRE LENGTH OF ACFT AISLE. THE GALLEY CART RAMMED INTO THE BACK OF JUMP SEAT. THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED AND THE JUMP SEAT WAS BROKEN. THE COCKPIT DOOR WAS OPEN AT TIME OF INCIDENT, AGAIN DUE TO NO PAX ON BOARD ACFT. CAUSE OF INCIDENT WAS IMPROPER SECURING AFT GALLEY CART. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 538471: I LOWERED THE NOSE TO THE RWY AND APPLIED THE THRUST REVERSERS. MOMENTS LATER I FELT AND HEARD A LOUD CRASH IN THE COCKPIT. I GLANCED OVER MY L SHOULDER AND SAW THE FLT ATTENDANT SLUMPED TO THE L. I SLOWED THE ACFT TO TAXI SPD AND THE CAPT TOOK OVER TAXIING THE ACFT. I COMPLETED THE FO AFTER LNDG FLOWS AND THE AFTER LNDG CHKLIST. I COORDINATED WITH GND CTL FOR TAXI CLRNC TO THE GATE. I ALSO RADIOED SEATTLE OPS TO HAVE EMT PERSONNEL MEET THE AFT. AT THE GATE TO ATTEND TO THE FLT ATTENDANT IT WAS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHAT HER INJURIES WERE. BY THIS TIME THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS WERE ASSISTING THE INJURED FLT ATTENDANT. AFTER ARR AT THE GATE, I WAS TOLD THAT A BEVERAGE CART FROM THE AFT GALLEY HAD MOVED FORWARD THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ACFT AND HAD STRUCK THE JUMP SEAT. THE IMPACT DAMAGED THE JUMP SEAT. EMT PERSONNEL EXAMINED THE FLT ATTENDANT AND RELEASED HER. THE CAPT AND I FILLED OUT A FORM. A GND SUPVR TOOK DIGITAL PHOTOS. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE REPOSITIONING THE ACFT FROM SAN TO SEA FOR THE NEXT DAY'S FLTS. EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE A FERRY FLT CALL SIGN, I DID NOT FEEL THAT WE WERE OPERATING UNDER FAR PART 121 (NO PAX OR CARGO). HAVING THE FLT ATTENDANT IN THE COCKPIT WAS FOR HER FAMILIARIZATION OF COCKPIT DUTIES DURING THE LETDOWN/LNDG PHASE OF FLT. HAVING THE FLT ATTENDANT IN THE COCKPIT OR HAVING THE COCKPIT DOOR OPEN DID NOT CREATE A DISTR OF ANY KIND (LIGHT, NOISE, ETC).
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.