From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) During cargo exchange at Rifle co. the crew found an unidentified acid contamination of cargo sacks. Acid had melted a cargo sack to aircraft floor boards. A ground cargo handler had a minor burn to one hand, which was treated by emts on site. Hazmat team from gran junction, CO. Was dispatched to assist in neutralizing spill and call in clean up crew. Key lime maintenance, darwin thomson, indicated extensive corrosion to main center stringer corroded completely through, acid etched belly skin, flight cables and control cable pivots. Aircraft damage is still under investigation.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING CARGO EXCHANGE AT RIFLE CO. THE CREW FOUND AN UNIDENTIFIED ACID CONTAMINATION OF CARGO SACKS. ACID HAD MELTED A CARGO SACK TO AIRCRAFT FLOOR BOARDS. A GROUND CARGO HANDLER HAD A MINOR BURN TO ONE HAND, WHICH WAS TREATED BY EMTS ON SITE. HAZMAT TEAM FROM GRAN JUNCTION, CO. WAS DISPATCHED TO ASSIST IN NEUTRALIZING SPILL AND CALL IN CLEAN UP CREW. KEY LIME MAINTENANCE, DARWIN THOMSON, INDICATED EXTENSIVE CORROSION TO MAIN CENTER STRINGER CORRODED COMPLETELY THROUGH, ACID ETCHED BELLY SKIN, FLIGHT CABLES AND CONTROL CABLE PIVOTS. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Other reports on N60U · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.