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Flight crew of B767 flew repos flight with large amount of cargo in the pits which should have been unloaded and documented by customs at the departure airport prior to flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 574840 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200302 |
| 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 | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Fog Rain |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 574840 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 90 |
| ASRS Report | 574831 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : person 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Repositioning flight, phl to ZZZ. All cargo doors closed and secure upon arrival at aircraft in phl. After arrival at ZZZ, we were informed by ramp agent and follow-on captain that there was approximately 20000 pounds of cargo on board which should have been offloaded in phl when the aircraft arrived there from XXXX, first officer. Aircraft cleared by customs for return flight to phl.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF B767 FLEW REPOS FLT WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF CARGO IN THE PITS WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNLOADED AND DOCUMENTED BY CUSTOMS AT THE DEP ARPT PRIOR TO FLT.
Narrative: REPOSITIONING FLT, PHL TO ZZZ. ALL CARGO DOORS CLOSED AND SECURE UPON ARR AT ACFT IN PHL. AFTER ARR AT ZZZ, WE WERE INFORMED BY RAMP AGENT AND FOLLOW-ON CAPT THAT THERE WAS APPROX 20000 LBS OF CARGO ON BOARD WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFFLOADED IN PHL WHEN THE ACFT ARRIVED THERE FROM XXXX, FO. ACFT CLRED BY CUSTOMS FOR RETURN FLT TO PHL.
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.