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B737-800 flight crew reported their aircraft was contacted by another during push back procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1279119 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 182 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 147 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft |
Narrative:
Our tug driver temporarily stopped our pushback short of the normal pushback distance due to the close proximity of an aircraft that had pushed back from an adjacent gate. We soon felt a shudder and suspected that we may have been struck by the adjacent aircraft. We asked the tug driver if we had been struck and he confirmed our suspicions after conferring with a wing walker. We shut down the right engine; which had been started during pushback and were towed back into the gate.wing walkers and guides should remain in the vicinity of aircraft to clear the area before an aircraft taxis. Guides would be dismissed by flashing the taxi light upon our intent to taxi.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 flight crew reported their aircraft was contacted by another during push back procedure.
Narrative: Our Tug Driver temporarily stopped our pushback short of the normal pushback distance due to the close proximity of an aircraft that had pushed back from an adjacent gate. We soon felt a shudder and suspected that we may have been struck by the adjacent aircraft. We asked the Tug Driver if we had been struck and he confirmed our suspicions after conferring with a Wing Walker. We shut down the right engine; which had been started during pushback and were towed back into the gate.Wing Walkers and Guides should remain in the vicinity of aircraft to clear the area before an aircraft taxis. Guides would be dismissed by flashing the taxi light upon our intent to taxi.
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.