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A line aircraft maintenance technician (amt) reports observing a crj regional jet under tow without navigation or anti-collision lights illuminated as required per chicago department of aviation rules and regulations. Also no personnel in cockpit to ride brakes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1236358 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| 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 Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Aircraft was in tow on active taxiway with no nav lights or anti-collision light illuminated. Also no person in cockpit to ride brakes as required per chicago dept. Of aviation rules and regs. [Recommend to] require trained FAA licensed aircraft mechanics to perform [tow] operations on airport within ATC controlled areas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Line Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) reports observing a CRJ Regional jet under tow without Navigation or Anti-collision lights illuminated as required per Chicago Department of Aviation rules and regulations. Also no personnel in cockpit to ride brakes.
Narrative: Aircraft was in tow on active taxiway with no nav lights or anti-collision light illuminated. Also no person in cockpit to ride brakes as required per Chicago Dept. of Aviation rules and regs. [Recommend to] require trained FAA licensed aircraft mechanics to perform [tow] operations on airport within ATC controlled areas.
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.