A flight attendant advised the airline was utilizing galley carts which were not compatible with the...

Narrative:

I was working on a 757 when I noticed inflight while we were setting up the galley that the quarter-turns and the carts were not correctly assigned. The quarter turn locks that are to be placed in the galley locations (3 carts on the rear left side) were not designed for the CA777s [a type of generic galley cart; not a unique B-777 cart]; they were designed for the new tech carts and the quarter turn locks do not stop the cart doors from opening when the quarter turn is in its lowered position. This is a no go item. I would like this looked into because our jumpseats are in front of these doors and if we stop suddenly or have an accident and that door opens we are the first ones hit with projectile items. Please have the quarter turns replaced with longer ones that fit the carts being placed here or put the new tech carts back.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Attendant advised the airline was utilizing galley carts which were not compatible with the installed quarter turn locks which lock them in place and also serve to restrain the galley doors when not in use.

Narrative: I was working on a 757 when I noticed inflight while we were setting up the galley that the quarter-turns and the carts were not correctly assigned. The quarter turn locks that are to be placed in the galley locations (3 carts on the rear left side) were not designed for the CA777s [a type of generic galley cart; not a unique B-777 cart]; they were designed for the new tech carts and the quarter turn locks do not stop the cart doors from opening when the quarter turn is in its lowered position. This is a no go item. I would like this looked into because our jumpseats are in front of these doors and if we stop suddenly or have an accident and that door opens we are the first ones hit with projectile items. Please have the quarter turns replaced with longer ones that fit the carts being placed here or put the new tech carts back.

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.

Attributes
ACN	897835
Time
Date	201007
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Galley Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

A flight attendant advised the airline was utilizing galley carts which were not compatible with the installed quarter turn locks which lock them in place and also serve to restrain the galley doors when not in use.