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Aircraft technician reported nitrogen bottles improperly painted as oxygen bottles.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1763964 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CMH.Airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
While procuring a nitrogen cart to perform aircraft servicing I noticed that the nitrogen bottles loaded into the cart were painted green whereas they are usually an off white color. I immediately suspected that the cart was loaded with oxygen bottles and had to do a quick search to determine that the bottles were in fact nitrogen but they were painted green. The bottles were labeled with a small nitrogen sticker that was on the underside of the bottle. Please see the attached picture. This is a very dangerous condition that would lead to extreme aircraft damage and or human injury/death. A technician could accidentally mistake the nitrogen cart for oxygen and service and oxygen system with nitrogen. Also; a technician could become used to green nitrogen bottles and accidentally service a tire or strut with oxygen. I recommend that these bottles either be taken out of service and repainted; or wrapped with a 360 degree label stating its contents.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Aircraft technician reported nitrogen bottles improperly painted as oxygen bottles.
Narrative: While procuring a nitrogen cart to perform aircraft servicing I noticed that the nitrogen bottles loaded into the cart were painted green whereas they are usually an off white color. I immediately suspected that the cart was loaded with oxygen bottles and had to do a quick search to determine that the bottles were in fact nitrogen but they were painted green. The bottles were labeled with a small nitrogen sticker that was on the underside of the bottle. Please see the attached picture. This is a very dangerous condition that would lead to extreme aircraft damage and or human injury/death. A technician could accidentally mistake the nitrogen cart for oxygen and service and oxygen system with nitrogen. Also; a technician could become used to green nitrogen bottles and accidentally service a tire or strut with oxygen. I recommend that these bottles either be taken out of service and repainted; or wrapped with a 360 degree label stating its contents.
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.