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A line aircraft maintenance technician (amt) reports observing a regional jet aircraft that was towed on an active taxiway at an airport without navigation or anti-collision lights on and no personnel in the cockpit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1236344 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bombardier/Canadair Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Navigation Light |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Aircraft was being towed on active taxiway with no personnel in the cockpit. No nav or anti-collision light were displayed. Safety concern. Airport's dept. Of aviation rules and regs state that aircraft towing on active taxiways should be performed by licensed aircraft mechanics. A mechanic should be in the flight deck during towing to ride brakes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Line Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) reports observing a Regional jet aircraft that was towed on an active taxiway at an Airport without Navigation or Anti-collision lights on and no personnel in the cockpit.
Narrative: Aircraft was being towed on active taxiway with no personnel in the cockpit. No nav or anti-collision light were displayed. Safety Concern. Airport's Dept. of Aviation rules and regs state that aircraft towing on active taxiways should be performed by licensed aircraft mechanics. A mechanic should be in the flight deck during towing to ride brakes.
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.