Q400
Flight Attendant Current
Physiological - Other; Time Pressure; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Aircraft; Equipment / Tooling; Human Factors
After 10;000 FT and setting carts for service; but still in climb; second cart just flipped over and landed on my ankle. There was no turbulence; brake was set but [I] don't believe that it held as it flipped. At this point; I had not even put the other tray on top. I believe I made no errors and followed training. It is my understanding this is an on going problem that seems to be taking too long to remedy before someone is seriously hurt. The carts are not stable enough to be set up in a climb. No service should be allowed until the plane has leveled out which would not allow enough time on our shorter flights. New stable carts or tray service are options. Don't let this happen to anyone else.
The Reporter stated that after the cart flipped; the other Flight Attendant said she must not have set the brake because the cart was moving before it fell. However; after the cart was up-righted; the brake was in fact still set so it apparently did not hold. This is not the first time a cart has fallen on her Company's Q400's.
A Q400 flight attendant was injured during climb after a service cart fell over on her ankle in smooth air because the brake apparently failed to hold the already unstable cart.