<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1482556, September 2017

B777 first officer reported the tow bar broke during pushback resulting in a delay until the aircraft could be inspected.

Attributes
ACN	1482556
Time
Date	201709
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 644
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

During pushback the tow bar broke resulting in a 30 minute delay on the taxiway. Tow bar was removed and aircraft inspected. The rest of the flight was uneventful.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 First Officer reported the tow bar broke during pushback resulting in a delay until the aircraft could be inspected.

Narrative: During pushback the tow bar broke resulting in a 30 minute delay on the taxiway. Tow bar was removed and aircraft inspected. The rest of the flight was uneventful.

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.