<< >> NASA ASRS Report 837665, June 2009

For the third time; an air carrier captain had a plastic fork break while eating a crew meal the broken tine struck his eyeglasses.

Attributes
ACN	837665
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Component
Aircraft Component	Galley Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 6000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

While eating my crew meal steak with the flimsy cheap plastic utensils; for the 3rd time this year; my flimsy cheap; fork broke; sending plastic flying through the air; which ricocheted off my left eyeglass lens. There is no excuse for substituting these flimsy; cheap utensils for normal steel knives; forks and spoons that will not break and become a cockpit flying hazard.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: For the third time; an air carrier Captain had a plastic fork break while eating a crew meal the broken tine struck his eyeglasses.

Narrative: While eating my crew meal steak with the flimsy cheap plastic utensils; for the 3rd time this year; my flimsy cheap; fork broke; sending plastic flying through the air; which ricocheted off my left eyeglass lens. There is no excuse for substituting these flimsy; cheap utensils for normal steel knives; forks and spoons that will NOT break and become a cockpit flying hazard.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.