Narrative:

During pushback the ground crew mentioned they were late pushing off the gate due to complications getting an electric wheelchair in the cargo compartment. When the load closeout came; I noticed that there wasn't an entry under the 'west/B' (wheelchair battery) row with a quantity or location. It was my understanding that a notac (notice to captain) is not required; but that it would show up for crew awareness and weight and balance purposes on the load closeout. I brought it to the attention of the captain a couple times that I thought it needed to be present; but he disagreed saying that it was only important that we knew it was there for smoke/fire purposes but wasn't needed on the closeout. At that point I deferred to captains authority. We proceeded without further action.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 First Officer reported Captain elected to depart without required Hazmat documents for battery powered wheelchair cargo.

Narrative: During pushback the ground crew mentioned they were late pushing off the gate due to complications getting an electric wheelchair in the cargo compartment. When the load closeout came; I noticed that there wasn't an entry under the 'W/B' (wheelchair battery) row with a quantity or location. It was my understanding that a NOTAC (Notice to Captain) is not required; but that it would show up for crew awareness and weight and balance purposes on the load closeout. I brought it to the attention of the Captain a couple times that I thought it needed to be present; but he disagreed saying that it was only important that we knew it was there for smoke/fire purposes but wasn't needed on the closeout. At that point I deferred to Captains authority. We proceeded without further action.

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.