Narrative:

We flew into ZZZ with the understanding we were on a quick turn. There was a lot to do; making things hectic. I had to step off the airplane for a few minutes. When I returned; there was only about 15 minutes until departure. On my seat (captain's) was a form notifying me of a lithium ion battery that would be on board and traveling with us. I then received the [cabin load] which notified me of a powered wheel chair in the cargo bin. The [cabin load] also noted that the battery had been removed. The battery was not listed as additional cargo on the [cabin load]. I understood that the two items were related and assumed that the battery was being carried in the cabin per our policy. That was my mistake. I never confirmed the location of the battery; and no ground personnel came up to speak to me about it. Enroute; I called back to the flight attendant (flight attendant) and asked her if she noticed a battery that came on board. She had not. Upon arrival I went out to watch the bags come off the airplane. The powered wheel chair finally came off and sitting on the wheel chair in its own separate case was the battery. The battery was in its own hard black plastic case; made for travel. It also had a white baggage claim tag attached; as did the wheel chair. I should have slowed down; and asked the ground crew about the location of the battery. If I had known they had placed it in the cargo bin; I already knew that was not in line with company policy. The turn was a bit of a cluster; those times especially one needs to slow down and think about what they are doing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 flight crew reported a Lithium Ion Battery Hazmat transport procedure violation.

Narrative: We flew into ZZZ with the understanding we were on a quick turn. There was a lot to do; making things hectic. I had to step off the airplane for a few minutes. When I returned; there was only about 15 minutes until departure. On my seat (Captain's) was a form notifying me of a lithium ion battery that would be on board and traveling with us. I then received the [cabin load] which notified me of a powered wheel chair in the cargo bin. The [cabin load] also noted that the battery had been removed. The battery was not listed as additional cargo on the [cabin load]. I understood that the two items were related and assumed that the battery was being carried in the cabin per our policy. That was my mistake. I never confirmed the location of the battery; and no ground personnel came up to speak to me about it. Enroute; I called back to the FA (Flight Attendant) and asked her if she noticed a battery that came on board. She had not. Upon arrival I went out to watch the bags come off the airplane. The powered wheel chair finally came off and sitting on the wheel chair in its own separate case was the battery. The battery was in its own hard black plastic case; made for travel. It also had a white baggage claim tag attached; as did the wheel chair. I should have slowed down; and asked the ground crew about the location of the battery. If I had known they had placed it in the cargo bin; I already knew that was not in line with company policy. The turn was a bit of a cluster; those times especially one needs to slow down and think about what they are doing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.