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A310 crew had dry ice loaded in the forward pit in non compliance with dangerous goods loading requirements.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 565589 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200211 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : syr.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A310 |
| 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 : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 12000 |
| ASRS Report | 565589 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3.4 |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Hazmat specialist in syracuse, ny, loaded 5KG of dry ice in forward belly compartment of A310. This is not allowed. Captain missed it on the notification form and signed it. Once airborne, was SELCAL'ed by flight control and advised of situation. First officer went on oxygen as precaution as he was the PF. Flight diverted to cle and had the dry ice removed from the non allowable area. Hazmat form is generic to all aircraft types and I simply missed the small quantity which was listed. The form needs to be redesigned so that no prohibited entries can be made on it. Also, I need to be more careful to examine any form which I put my signature on. Supplemental information from acn 565452: a hazmat form specific to the A300/310 would help prevent this problem from occurring again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A310 CREW HAD DRY ICE LOADED IN THE FORWARD PIT IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH DANGEROUS GOODS LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
Narrative: HAZMAT SPECIALIST IN SYRACUSE, NY, LOADED 5KG OF DRY ICE IN FORWARD BELLY COMPARTMENT OF A310. THIS IS NOT ALLOWED. CAPT MISSED IT ON THE NOTIFICATION FORM AND SIGNED IT. ONCE AIRBORNE, WAS SELCAL'ED BY FLT CTL AND ADVISED OF SIT. FO WENT ON OXYGEN AS PRECAUTION AS HE WAS THE PF. FLT DIVERTED TO CLE AND HAD THE DRY ICE REMOVED FROM THE NON ALLOWABLE AREA. HAZMAT FORM IS GENERIC TO ALL ACFT TYPES AND I SIMPLY MISSED THE SMALL QUANTITY WHICH WAS LISTED. THE FORM NEEDS TO BE REDESIGNED SO THAT NO PROHIBITED ENTRIES CAN BE MADE ON IT. ALSO, I NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL TO EXAMINE ANY FORM WHICH I PUT MY SIGNATURE ON. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 565452: A HAZMAT FORM SPECIFIC TO THE A300/310 WOULD HELP PREVENT THIS PROB FROM OCCURRING AGAIN.
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.