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As they departed the gate the flight crew of a B737 noted that two containers blown off a truck by an aircraft parking across the alley from them bounced toward them and at least one struck their aircraft. They returned to the gate for inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1162973 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201404 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 24000 Flight Crew Type 3975 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
On taxiout of the gate I made a left turn onto charlie eastbound when two containers were blown off a truck by a B767 that was parking at the adjacent concourse. One struck the side of our aircraft. We shut down the engines and were towed back to the gate. There were no injuries.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: As they departed the gate the flight crew of a B737 noted that two containers blown off a truck by an aircraft parking across the alley from them bounced toward them and at least one struck their aircraft. They returned to the gate for inspection.
Narrative: On taxiout of the gate I made a left turn onto Charlie eastbound when two containers were blown off a truck by a B767 that was parking at the adjacent concourse. One struck the side of our aircraft. We shut down the engines and were towed back to the gate. There were no injuries.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.