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An aircraft stores/parts employee reports his company; a fractional operator; receiving a shipment of lithium battery packs that did not have any FAA/pma markings on the shipping boxes; or FAA-8130 serviceable tag included in the shipment. The batteries had been installed in defibrillators on many of their aircraft; but were not approved for us aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 946358 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201102 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | DC Battery |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | FBO Personnel |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation |
Narrative:
[Several months ago] my supervisor pulled four to five cases of lithium battery replacement assemblies; part number (P/north) XXX82-000; off the receiving belt and asked me to receive [enter] them in our [maintenance stores parts system]. To the best of my knowledge when I received the first case I checked the part number and they matched. I left the other three to four cases sealed for storage purposes. When receiving parts in from medtronic; they do not send any serviceable paperwork (FAA-8130 tag) since they [lithium batteries] are considered loose equipment. So when I received them in; I did not have any paperwork to verify the part number/serial number. I check the part number/serial numbers of all parts that come through the door. I was notified today by quality assurance (Q/a) that I had received 'in' the wrong P/north XXX31-000 in error; which prompted me to file this report. My suggestion to avoid this kind of event is take your time and check every little detail of everything coming in and out of materials (stores parts).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An aircraft Stores/Parts employee reports his company; a fractional operator; receiving a shipment of lithium battery packs that did not have any FAA/PMA markings on the shipping boxes; or FAA-8130 Serviceable Tag included in the shipment. The batteries had been installed in defibrillators on many of their aircraft; but were not approved for U.S. aircraft.
Narrative: [Several months ago] my Supervisor pulled four to five cases of lithium battery replacement assemblies; Part Number (P/N) XXX82-000; off the receiving belt and asked me to receive [enter] them in our [Maintenance Stores Parts System]. To the best of my knowledge when I received the first case I checked the part number and they matched. I left the other three to four cases sealed for storage purposes. When receiving parts in from Medtronic; they do not send any serviceable paperwork (FAA-8130 Tag) since they [lithium batteries] are considered loose equipment. So when I received them in; I did not have any paperwork to verify the part number/serial number. I check the part number/serial numbers of all parts that come through the door. I was notified today by Quality Assurance (Q/A) that I had received 'in' the wrong P/N XXX31-000 in error; which prompted me to file this report. My suggestion to avoid this kind of event is take your time and check every little detail of everything coming in and out of Materials (Stores Parts).
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.