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Two aircraft parts inventory stock clerks report about a B737 fuel valve that was shipped as a normal stores parts transfer on their passenger carrying company aircraft. Fuel valve should have been shipped as hazardous material and return to service (rts) part on 'cargo/freight only' aircraft; or by ground freight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 969208 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201108 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Parts / Stores Personnel |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Parts / Stores Personnel |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
A fuel valve was shipped. ZZZ 'received' [into stores inventory] said stock item number; finding out at that time; it was undeclared hazardous material. Said [fuel] valve was pulled from printer. It was pulled and shipped without my knowledge [as a lead stock clerk]. It was not entered into the hazmat checklist log; nor was it assigned to any stock clerk. It was shipped as a normal transfer. Hazmat procedures were not followed. To the best of my knowledge this is what occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two aircraft parts inventory stock clerks report about a B737 fuel valve that was shipped as a normal stores parts transfer on their passenger carrying company aircraft. Fuel valve should have been shipped as Hazardous Material and Return to Service (RTS) part on 'cargo/freight only' aircraft; or by ground freight.
Narrative: A fuel valve was shipped. ZZZ 'received' [into stores inventory] said stock item number; finding out at that time; it was undeclared Hazardous Material. Said [fuel] valve was pulled from printer. It was pulled and shipped without my knowledge [as a Lead Stock Clerk]. It was not entered into the HAZMAT Checklist Log; nor was it assigned to any Stock Clerk. It was shipped as a normal transfer. HAZMAT procedures were not followed. To the best of my knowledge this is what occurred.
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.