Q400 flight attendant reports loose cart rolling down aisle during approach on ferry flight.

Attributes
ACN	781259
Time
Date	200804
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Q400 (Formerly Dash 8-400)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
ASRS Report	781259
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Cabin Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Cabin Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

It was a ferry flight. We had already flown 2 flts that day and I was the 'B' flight attendant. Each landing; everything was stowed and latched properly. The aircraft X went mechanical (the main cabin door) in ZZZ1 after all the passenger deplaned. The flight crew deplaned shortly after and no one to my knowledge was on the aircraft; again; except for the flight crew and mechanics. Once the planes were fixed; the flight crew ferried it back to ZZZ2. I sat in row 5 and the other flight attendant sat in the flight deck jumpseat. On our way into ZZZ2; I got up and stood behind the other flight attendant to look out the window. Just as the wheels were going down and I was just about to head back to my seat I heard a noise. I turned around (I was still behind the flight deck jumpseat and beside the lavatory) and one of the galley carts had come out and was rolling down the aisle at a very fast speed. It ran right into me; hitting both of my legs. I managed to push it back up into the cabin in front of row 1A and take my seat for landing in 1B. The event occurred because I did not check to make sure the galley equipment was still properly stowed. I just assumed because the aircraft had not been in use and was down for a mechanical problem that the galley would still be stowed and latched the same and in the proper way as I had left it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Q400 FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTS LOOSE CART ROLLING DOWN AISLE DURING APPROACH ON FERRY FLIGHT.

Narrative: IT WAS A FERRY FLT. WE HAD ALREADY FLOWN 2 FLTS THAT DAY AND I WAS THE 'B' FLT ATTENDANT. EACH LNDG; EVERYTHING WAS STOWED AND LATCHED PROPERLY. THE ACFT X WENT MECHANICAL (THE MAIN CABIN DOOR) IN ZZZ1 AFTER ALL THE PAX DEPLANED. THE FLT CREW DEPLANED SHORTLY AFTER AND NO ONE TO MY KNOWLEDGE WAS ON THE ACFT; AGAIN; EXCEPT FOR THE FLT CREW AND MECHS. ONCE THE PLANES WERE FIXED; THE FLT CREW FERRIED IT BACK TO ZZZ2. I SAT IN ROW 5 AND THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANT SAT IN THE FLT DECK JUMPSEAT. ON OUR WAY INTO ZZZ2; I GOT UP AND STOOD BEHIND THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANT TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. JUST AS THE WHEELS WERE GOING DOWN AND I WAS JUST ABOUT TO HEAD BACK TO MY SEAT I HEARD A NOISE. I TURNED AROUND (I WAS STILL BEHIND THE FLT DECK JUMPSEAT AND BESIDE THE LAVATORY) AND ONE OF THE GALLEY CARTS HAD COME OUT AND WAS ROLLING DOWN THE AISLE AT A VERY FAST SPD. IT RAN RIGHT INTO ME; HITTING BOTH OF MY LEGS. I MANAGED TO PUSH IT BACK UP INTO THE CABIN IN FRONT OF ROW 1A AND TAKE MY SEAT FOR LNDG IN 1B. THE EVENT OCCURRED BECAUSE I DID NOT CHK TO MAKE SURE THE GALLEY EQUIP WAS STILL PROPERLY STOWED. I JUST ASSUMED BECAUSE THE ACFT HAD NOT BEEN IN USE AND WAS DOWN FOR A MECHANICAL PROB THAT THE GALLEY WOULD STILL BE STOWED AND LATCHED THE SAME AND IN THE PROPER WAY AS I HAD LEFT IT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.