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Battery acid spill in medium large transport cargo compartment from a battery operated wheel chair was noted by company ground personnel during unloading.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 374152 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ict |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 374152 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Upon arrival at ict, I observed 2 agents struggling with a large wheel chair. When they finally got it up the jetway stairs they informed me of a large battery spill in the forward cargo bin. Apparently the wheel chair was loaded in st louis on its side with the battery still attached and the battery charger was placed in the battery carrying box, thus allowing the spillage of nearly the entire contents of battery acid. Better inspection by ground personnel and more careful handling of this type of battery would have prevented this problem from occurring.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BATTERY ACID SPILL IN MLG CARGO COMPARTMENT FROM A BATTERY OPERATED WHEEL CHAIR WAS NOTED BY CGP DURING UNLOADING.
Narrative: UPON ARR AT ICT, I OBSERVED 2 AGENTS STRUGGLING WITH A LARGE WHEEL CHAIR. WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT IT UP THE JETWAY STAIRS THEY INFORMED ME OF A LARGE BATTERY SPILL IN THE FORWARD CARGO BIN. APPARENTLY THE WHEEL CHAIR WAS LOADED IN ST LOUIS ON ITS SIDE WITH THE BATTERY STILL ATTACHED AND THE BATTERY CHARGER WAS PLACED IN THE BATTERY CARRYING BOX, THUS ALLOWING THE SPILLAGE OF NEARLY THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF BATTERY ACID. BETTER INSPECTION BY GND PERSONNEL AND MORE CAREFUL HANDLING OF THIS TYPE OF BATTERY WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS PROB FROM OCCURRING.
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.