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An medium large transport experiences a hazmat spill during boarding at sea, wa. Hazmat loaded in error on reporter's aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 395316 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199802 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 15000 |
| ASRS Report | 395316 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Battery acid spill in forward pit B737-400. Air carrier flight xx sea-ktn. Signed a hazmat 'notification to PIC' form with wrong flight number -- flight yy instead of flight xx. Acid did spill, on notification disembarked passenger and crew for spill clean-up and safety. Lesson: have first officer inspect the hazmat after loading onto aircraft and read every detail of hazmat form for errors before signing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MLG EXPERIENCES A HAZMAT SPILL DURING BOARDING AT SEA, WA. HAZMAT LOADED IN ERROR ON RPTR'S ACFT.
Narrative: BATTERY ACID SPILL IN FORWARD PIT B737-400. ACR FLT XX SEA-KTN. SIGNED A HAZMAT 'NOTIFICATION TO PIC' FORM WITH WRONG FLT NUMBER -- FLT YY INSTEAD OF FLT XX. ACID DID SPILL, ON NOTIFICATION DISEMBARKED PAX AND CREW FOR SPILL CLEAN-UP AND SAFETY. LESSON: HAVE FO INSPECT THE HAZMAT AFTER LOADING ONTO ACFT AND READ EVERY DETAIL OF HAZMAT FORM FOR ERRORS BEFORE SIGNING.
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.