# Incident 20170101000169I: Embraer S A ERJ170-200LR, Charlotte, NC, January 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2017, 14:54 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte-Douglas Iap
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87302, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LL (registry code 326041A, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-erj-170-200-ll) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8E5 (registry code 30061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8e5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER S A ERJ170-200LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170101000169I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLIGHT WAS RUNNING LATE;

G2 RAMP EMPLOYEE ENTERED AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT NOT FOLLOWING COMPANY PROCEDURES TO USE A BELTLOADER WHILE RUSHING TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT FOR NEXT FLIGHT;

AN OFF-DUTY G2 RAMP SUPERVISOR JOINED THE ON-DUTY RAMP CREW TO ASSIST AND SHUT THE AFT CARGO DOOR WITHOUT VERIFYING ANYONE WAS THERE, INADVERTENTLY LOCKING THE G2 RAMP EMPLOYEE IN THE AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT;

THE TRAPPED G2 RAMP EMPLOYEE FAILED TO CONTACT IMMEDIATE STATION PERSONNEL TO LET THEM KNOW HE WAS TRAPPED, HOWEVER PLACED A CALL TO HIS PARENTS IN FLORIDA WHO IN TURN DIALED 911;

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH THE G2 RAMP EMPLOYEE IN THAT AFT CARGO BAY AND FLEW TO DESTINATION (KIAD) DULLES;

EMERGENCY 911 DISPATCH EVENTUALLY REACHED AUTHORITIES, BUT NOT UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT HAD ALREADY LANDED AT KIAD;

FLIGHT CREW OF ASH 6060 WERE FIRST NOTIFIED BY TOWER AFTER LANDING  OF POSSIBLE RAMP EMPLOYEE TRAPPED IN A CARGO BAY, THEN EXPEDITED TAXI TO THE GATE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MET BY PARAMEDICS, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE SERVICES.

G2 RAMP EMPLOYEE EMERGED FROM THE AFT CARGO BAY OF THE AIRCRAFT IN GOOD CONDITION - UNHARMED.  LATER QUESTIONED BY TSA AND MWAA POLICE AUTHORITIES AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO (KCLT) CHARLOTTE, NC. FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONING BY COMPANY AND AIRPORT PERSONNEL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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