An aircraft maintenance technician (amt) apprentice reported that when driving a vehicle around a bo...

Attributes
ACN	1428011
Time
Date	201702
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Flap Fairing
Person 1
Function	Trainee
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

Narrative:

I was pulling up to the aircraft along the trailing edge of the right wing. Flaps were down to 45 position and all external lights on. As I began driving behind wing I was blinded by the right wing inspection light also the ramp overhead light disrupted my vision. The top corner of the mule vehicle contacted the tip of the flap fairing; damaging the fairing.preventative measure is be aware of lighting conditions around aircraft. Also aircraft configuration as you drive near the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) Apprentice reported that when driving a vehicle around a Boeing 737; the vehicle made contact with the flap fairing.

Narrative: I was pulling up to the aircraft along the trailing edge of the right wing. Flaps were down to 45 position and all external lights on. As I began driving behind wing I was blinded by the right wing inspection light also the ramp overhead light disrupted my vision. The top corner of the mule vehicle contacted the tip of the flap fairing; damaging the fairing.Preventative measure is be aware of lighting conditions around aircraft. Also aircraft configuration as you drive near the aircraft.

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.

An aircraft maintenance technician (amt) apprentice reported that when driving a vehicle around a boeing 737; the vehicle made contact with the flap fairing.