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A ramp employee reported a broken tow bar event that took place when the bypass pin installation was not verified prior to pushback.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1335666 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201602 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nosewheel Steering |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
After pushing [another aircraft]; a fellow employee that was working the gate with me told me everything was setup for the tow over to [another] gate. I hooked up the tow bar not verifying that there was a bypass pin in because I was told everything was set up; but I should have verified that it was. Another employee started [to] tow the plane and the main gear snapped the tow bar on the main gear.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A ramp employee reported a broken tow bar event that took place when the bypass pin installation was not verified prior to pushback.
Narrative: After pushing [another aircraft]; a fellow employee that was working the gate with me told me everything was setup for the tow over to [another] gate. I hooked up the tow bar not verifying that there was a bypass pin in because I was told everything was set up; but I should have verified that it was. Another employee started [to] tow the plane and the main gear snapped the tow bar on the main gear.
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.