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Left wing tip of air carrier medium large transport struck fuel truck while being directed to gate by ground crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 104608 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198902 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cle |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 104608 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While being directed by ground/ramp personnel into gate at cle the left wing struck the top of a fuel truck parked at an aircraft on next gate. Resulting in lens breakage of the left navigation light and white tail light, plus a 2' dent in wing tip. No known damage to fuel truck. Believe caused by failure of wing walker observe closeness of wing to fuel truck as aircraft was directed into the gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LEFT WING TIP OF ACR MLG STRUCK FUEL TRUCK WHILE BEING DIRECTED TO GATE BY GND CREW.
Narrative: WHILE BEING DIRECTED BY GND/RAMP PERSONNEL INTO GATE AT CLE THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE TOP OF A FUEL TRUCK PARKED AT AN ACFT ON NEXT GATE. RESULTING IN LENS BREAKAGE OF THE LEFT NAV LIGHT AND WHITE TAIL LIGHT, PLUS A 2' DENT IN WING TIP. NO KNOWN DAMAGE TO FUEL TRUCK. BELIEVE CAUSED BY FAILURE OF WING WALKER OBSERVE CLOSENESS OF WING TO FUEL TRUCK AS ACFT WAS DIRECTED INTO THE GATE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.