 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
A B767-300 first officer reported that hazmat was improperly loaded on their aircraft and had inaccurate documentation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 867866 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200912 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 13500 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
This is a hazmat loading issue which is becoming more and more frequent here at my air carrier. 30 minutes before push 3 hazmat forms were handed to captain which he looked at and started to file with the flight papers. I asked to please look at them which I did and then I looked at our dangerous goods section of the manual to see if there were any restrictions. I did this because I have had several problems with loading in the past. I saw that 2 of the 3 packages could not be in contact with each other and advised the captain. The captain asked if I would go out on the ramp and ask the baggage folks to verify. I was asked if I wanted to crawl up in the bin and verify with him which I accepted. When in the bin I saw not 3 but 6 hazmat packages thrown in the corner some upside down and all touching each other. I asked why no notification was given of the other 3 with no good answer. I asked to see the papers on the 3 we had no paperwork for and they could only produce 2 forms. I noted that of the 5 I had paperwork on that 4 could not touch each other. I had the 6th package without paperwork removed and asked for assurance that the remaining boxes would have luggage between them. I went back and informed the captain who called for a ramp supervisor and I explained to her what happened. I guess it was taken care of from there. I don't know who filed what but I couldn't let this go unreported. Things like this seem to be happening more and more at my air carrier..
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 First Officer reported that hazmat was improperly loaded on their aircraft and had inaccurate documentation.
Narrative: This is a hazmat loading issue which is becoming more and more frequent here at my air carrier. 30 minutes before push 3 hazmat forms were handed to Captain which he looked at and started to file with the flight papers. I asked to please look at them which I did and then I looked at our dangerous goods section of the manual to see if there were any restrictions. I did this because I have had several problems with loading in the past. I saw that 2 of the 3 packages could not be in contact with each other and advised the Captain. The Captain asked if I would go out on the ramp and ask the baggage folks to verify. I was asked if I wanted to crawl up in the bin and verify with him which I accepted. When in the bin I saw not 3 but 6 hazmat packages thrown in the corner some upside down and all touching each other. I asked why no notification was given of the other 3 with no good answer. I asked to see the papers on the 3 we had no paperwork for and they could only produce 2 forms. I noted that of the 5 I had paperwork on that 4 could not touch each other. I had the 6th package without paperwork removed and asked for assurance that the remaining boxes would have luggage between them. I went back and informed the Captain who called for a Ramp Supervisor and I explained to her what happened. I guess it was taken care of from there. I don't know who filed what but I couldn't let this go unreported. Things like this seem to be happening more and more at my air carrier..
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.