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An MD11 had more dry ice loaded in one cargo compartment than was legally allowed due to confusing hazmat paperwork.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 414367 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 414367 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 414472 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Acceptance of hazmat. We accepted more dry ice in one compartment than is allowed. 196 KG of dry ice was loaded in a belly compartment that only allows 136 KG. When the hazmat paperwork was presented in the cockpit, 2 mechanics had just come in to check an aircraft write-up. A very busy time. The hazmat paperwork shows compartment totals, but is for all aircraft and must be carefully compared. We were informed of the error en route and continued to destination with no problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD11 HAD MORE DRY ICE LOADED IN ONE CARGO COMPARTMENT THAN WAS LEGALLY ALLOWED DUE TO CONFUSING HAZMAT PAPERWORK.
Narrative: ACCEPTANCE OF HAZMAT. WE ACCEPTED MORE DRY ICE IN ONE COMPARTMENT THAN IS ALLOWED. 196 KG OF DRY ICE WAS LOADED IN A BELLY COMPARTMENT THAT ONLY ALLOWS 136 KG. WHEN THE HAZMAT PAPERWORK WAS PRESENTED IN THE COCKPIT, 2 MECHS HAD JUST COME IN TO CHK AN ACFT WRITE-UP. A VERY BUSY TIME. THE HAZMAT PAPERWORK SHOWS COMPARTMENT TOTALS, BUT IS FOR ALL ACFT AND MUST BE CAREFULLY COMPARED. WE WERE INFORMED OF THE ERROR ENRTE AND CONTINUED TO DEST WITH NO PROBS.
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.