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Hazardous cargo problem - the pilot was informed that hazardous material had been put on board at the offshore oil rig along with the passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 299816 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : la09 |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 6 |
| ASRS Report | 299816 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
The aircraft was to transport 2 passenger and 140 pounds of cargo from an offshore structure to intracoastal city heliport. Upon landing at the offshore heliport, the helicopter was kept operating while the passenger and cargo were loaded. The aircraft flew to the on-shore helicopter without incident. After shutdown, I was informed that the cargo was a regulated hazardous material, flammable liquids north.O.south un 1993 package group III, there were 2, 5 gal pails. The heliport dispatcher notified the FAA civil aviation security office in accordance with 49 crash fire rescue equipment 175.31.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HAZARDOUS CARGO PROB - THE PLT WAS INFORMED THAT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL HAD BEEN PUT ON BOARD AT THE OFFSHORE OIL RIG ALONG WITH THE PAX.
Narrative: THE ACFT WAS TO TRANSPORT 2 PAX AND 140 LBS OF CARGO FROM AN OFFSHORE STRUCTURE TO INTRACOASTAL CITY HELIPORT. UPON LNDG AT THE OFFSHORE HELIPORT, THE HELI WAS KEPT OPERATING WHILE THE PAX AND CARGO WERE LOADED. THE ACFT FLEW TO THE ON-SHORE HELI WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER SHUTDOWN, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CARGO WAS A REGULATED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS N.O.S UN 1993 PACKAGE GROUP III, THERE WERE 2, 5 GAL PAILS. THE HELIPORT DISPATCHER NOTIFIED THE FAA CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY OFFICE IAW 49 CFR 175.31.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.