Possible jetway equipment conflict with evacuation slide and procedures at cvg.

Attributes
ACN	142966
Time
Date	199004
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	142966
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Airline gates C-4, 6 and 8 at cvg have fixed pedestal type jetways. Metal ground equipment is permanently installed immediately below the boarding ramp. Thus: after closing the aircraft door and removing the boarding ramp (jetway), the forward aircraft boarding door is unusable as an emergency exit due to the interference of the ramp and equipment with the aircraft door emergency slide. Procedures should be established to preclude closing the aircraft door and removing the jetway until immediately prior to pushback.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: POSSIBLE JETWAY EQUIPMENT CONFLICT WITH EVACUATION SLIDE AND PROCS AT CVG.

Narrative: AIRLINE GATES C-4, 6 AND 8 AT CVG HAVE FIXED PEDESTAL TYPE JETWAYS. METAL GND EQUIP IS PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE BOARDING RAMP. THUS: AFTER CLOSING THE ACFT DOOR AND REMOVING THE BOARDING RAMP (JETWAY), THE FORWARD ACFT BOARDING DOOR IS UNUSABLE AS AN EMER EXIT DUE TO THE INTERFERENCE OF THE RAMP AND EQUIP WITH THE ACFT DOOR EMER SLIDE. PROCS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO PRECLUDE CLOSING THE ACFT DOOR AND REMOVING THE JETWAY UNTIL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO PUSHBACK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.