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A321 captain reported a ground gate return to obtain missing hazmat documentation. Hazmat dg was removed from the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1712904 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During taxi for takeoff; notified by ACARS to contact operations. Operations advise of hazmat on board without captain being provided a dangerous goods form and asked if I would take the information over the radio. I advised them that radio of the dangerous goods form would not be possible and returned to gate. Upon gate arrival; advised hazmat in question was 3 cases of blood without 'proper documentation.' cargo was eventually removed from aircraft. I'm not aware of the 'missing documentation' but suspect it was a dangerous goods form for dry ice since blood is not biological substance. However; if any of these items are packaged in dry ice to keep them cool; dry ice is classified as a dangerous good and the dangerous goods form is required. I was not informed if the packages included dry ice. Failure of policy and procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 Captain reported a ground gate return to obtain missing hazmat documentation. Hazmat DG was removed from the aircraft.
Narrative: During taxi for takeoff; notified by ACARS to contact Operations. Operations advise of HAZMAT on board without Captain being provided a Dangerous Goods Form and asked if I would take the information over the radio. I advised them that radio of the Dangerous Goods Form would not be possible and returned to gate. Upon gate arrival; advised hazmat in question was 3 cases of blood without 'proper documentation.' Cargo was eventually removed from aircraft. I'm not aware of the 'missing documentation' but suspect it was a Dangerous Goods Form for dry ice since blood is not Biological Substance. However; if any of these items are packaged in dry ice to keep them cool; dry ice is classified as a Dangerous Good and the Dangerous Goods Form is required. I was not informed if the packages included dry ice. Failure of policy and procedures.
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.