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Reporter stated that during taxi of aircraft from gate to hanger; aircraft almost made contact with snow bank that had not been plowed off taxiway by airport personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1597904 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
This [report] is regarding the incident where I and my partner taxied aircraft X from gate to company hangar. We were given the route to hangar from ATC ground 'alpha; alpha 7; tango; west gate; yankee; yankee to hangar'. When we approached [the] west gate; we noticed on the right side of taxiway yankee; beside [another] hangar; before making a right turn to the a hangar; a huge bank of snow aligned with the number 2 engine. The snow bank was about 25 [feet] left [of] the taxi blue lights and about 50 [feet] long. I screamed to my taxi partner to veer to the left to clear the number 2 engine. Once arriving [to hangar]; [we] performed out post-taxi walk-around and inspected number 2 engine for possible impact damage. We inspected and found no damage.event occurred because [the] city's cleaning operations didn't plow snow off taxiway yankee towards blue taxi lights.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Reporter stated that during taxi of aircraft from gate to hanger; aircraft almost made contact with snow bank that had not been plowed off taxiway by airport personnel.
Narrative: This [report] is regarding the incident where I and my partner taxied Aircraft X from gate to Company hangar. We were given the route to hangar from ATC Ground 'ALPHA; ALPHA 7; TANGO; WEST GATE; YANKEE; YANKEE TO HANGAR'. When we approached [the] west gate; we noticed on the right side of Taxiway Yankee; beside [another] hangar; before making a right turn to the a hangar; a huge bank of snow aligned with the number 2 engine. The snow bank was about 25 [feet] left [of] the taxi blue lights and about 50 [feet] long. I screamed to my taxi partner to veer to the left to clear the number 2 engine. Once arriving [to hangar]; [we] performed out post-taxi walk-around and inspected number 2 engine for possible impact damage. We inspected and found no damage.Event occurred because [the] city's cleaning operations didn't plow snow off Taxiway Yankee towards blue taxi lights.
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.