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A line aircraft maintenance technician (amt) reports observing three regional jet aircraft that were towed with high speed tugs on active taxiways at airport without navigation or anti-collision lights on and no mechanic in the cockpit to ride brakes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1236339 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bombardier/Canadair Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Navigation Light |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Aircraft was being towed by high speed tractor on runway. Aircraft had no nav or anti-collision lights illuminated. No mechanic in cockpit to ride brakes as required per our airport's dept. Of aviation rules and regulations. Weather VFR. [Recommend to] require aircraft mechanics to tow aircraft so that the aircraft will be powered and light and brakes will be monitored as per FAA and airport rules and regulations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Line Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) reports observing three Regional jet aircraft that were towed with high speed Tugs on active taxiways at airport without Navigation or Anti-collision lights on and no Mechanic in the cockpit to ride brakes.
Narrative: Aircraft was being towed by high speed tractor on Runway. Aircraft had no nav or anti-collision lights illuminated. No mechanic in cockpit to ride brakes as required per our Airport's Dept. of Aviation rules and regulations. Weather VFR. [Recommend to] require aircraft mechanics to tow aircraft so that the aircraft will be powered and light and brakes will be monitored as per FAA and Airport rules and regulations.
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.