 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Maintenance technician reported that while towing an emb-120 the wingtip made contact with another aircraft's wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1552733 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Fairchild Swearingen Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Wingtip |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft |
Narrative:
After towing aircraft into parking position on north side of hangar; noticed that right lower wing tip did not clear the left upper wing tip of [another] aircraft parked next to it. There is a scratch in the paint on the underside of [the towed aircraft] right wing; a broken static wick; and trailing edge damage to the right/H aileron. [The other aircraft] has fiberglass damage to the left/H wing tip on the upper side. Although it appeared to have clearance from my viewing angle from the tug; I should have ask for more personnel to assist by wing walking. It was at the end of the day shift and I was trying to get all the aircraft moved before day shift left and I would have been by myself for the rest of the shift.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Maintenance Technician reported that while towing an EMB-120 the wingtip made contact with another aircraft's wingtip.
Narrative: After towing aircraft into parking position on north side of hangar; noticed that right lower wing tip did not clear the left upper wing tip of [another] aircraft parked next to it. There is a scratch in the paint on the underside of [the towed aircraft] right wing; a broken static wick; and trailing edge damage to the R/H aileron. [The other aircraft] has fiberglass damage to the L/H wing tip on the upper side. Although it appeared to have clearance from my viewing angle from the tug; I should have ask for more personnel to assist by wing walking. It was at the end of the day shift and I was trying to get all the aircraft moved before day shift left and I would have been by myself for the rest of the shift.
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.