<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1747100, June 2020

Ramp personnel reported finding undocumented hazmat in cargo compartment which had been mistakenly transported.

Attributes
ACN	1747100
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While on the ground in ZZZZ the loadmaster was made aware that a small box of hazmat was found in the bulk cargo bin by the off loading crew in ZZZZ. Paperwork from an earlier leg; ZZZ-ZZZZ1; showed that the box should have been offloaded in ZZZZ1; the day prior. As a result we; unknowingly; transported hazmat without the required paperwork. The item was removed from the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ramp personnel reported finding undocumented Hazmat in cargo compartment which had been mistakenly transported.

Narrative: While on the ground in ZZZZ the loadmaster was made aware that a small box of Hazmat was found in the bulk cargo bin by the off loading crew in ZZZZ. Paperwork from an earlier leg; ZZZ-ZZZZ1; showed that the box should have been offloaded in ZZZZ1; the day prior. As a result we; unknowingly; transported Hazmat without the required paperwork. The item was removed from the aircraft.

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.