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The first officer of an oncoming air carrier freighter flight crew finds an undocumented pallet of dangerous goods on board that had been loaded onto the aircraft while it was on the east coast earlier that day.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 329820 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199603 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : anc |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1850 |
| ASRS Report | 329820 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Inspection of dangerous goods revealed an undocumented pallet of dangerous goods at position 2L. This flight started on mar/sat/96 at ewr and was in anc for servicing/crew swap. The undocumented dangerous goods pallet originated/loaded at ewr. Proper paperwork not available for this pallet and it was removed. No incident occurred, but potential for same was great. A series of checks and balances used to prevent such an error obviously broke down. Air carrier's flight saftey and air operations management notified of occurrence via written reports. Further details possibly obtainable from the company's flight manager -- anc -- and our flight safety department.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FO OF AN ONCOMING ACR FREIGHTER FLC FINDS AN UNDOCUMENTED PALLET OF DANGEROUS GOODS ON BOARD THAT HAD BEEN LOADED ONTO THE ACFT WHILE IT WAS ON THE EAST COAST EARLIER THAT DAY.
Narrative: INSPECTION OF DANGEROUS GOODS REVEALED AN UNDOCUMENTED PALLET OF DANGEROUS GOODS AT POS 2L. THIS FLT STARTED ON MAR/SAT/96 AT EWR AND WAS IN ANC FOR SVCING/CREW SWAP. THE UNDOCUMENTED DANGEROUS GOODS PALLET ORIGINATED/LOADED AT EWR. PROPER PAPERWORK NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS PALLET AND IT WAS REMOVED. NO INCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT POTENTIAL FOR SAME WAS GREAT. A SERIES OF CHKS AND BALS USED TO PREVENT SUCH AN ERROR OBVIOUSLY BROKE DOWN. ACR'S FLT SAFTEY AND AIR OPS MGMNT NOTIFIED OF OCCURRENCE VIA WRITTEN RPTS. FURTHER DETAILS POSSIBLY OBTAINABLE FROM THE COMPANY'S FLT MGR -- ANC -- AND OUR FLT SAFETY DEPT.
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.