<< >> NASA ASRS Report 178413, May 1991

Air carrier medium large transport flight crew hits baggage cart on initial taxi although given the all clear by ground personnel.

Attributes
ACN	178413
Time
Date	199105
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : hou
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	178413
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft was pushed off gate at ewr. The #1 engine was started. Ground personnel were cleared to disconnect headset and proceed to front of aircraft to marshall us out. Ground personnel signalled hold as more baggage was loaded. When the cargo door was closed, marshaller gave us all clear to taxi. We started our taxi and ran into the baggage cart. Apparently the tug stalled and was not yet clear of the aircraft. Also, the tug was not visible from the cockpit. Ground personnel had become complacent and cleared us to taxi before all ground equipment was clear of aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG FLT CREW HITS BAGGAGE CART ON INITIAL TAXI ALTHOUGH GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR BY GND PERSONNEL.

Narrative: ACFT WAS PUSHED OFF GATE AT EWR. THE #1 ENG WAS STARTED. GND PERSONNEL WERE CLRED TO DISCONNECT HEADSET AND PROCEED TO FRONT OF ACFT TO MARSHALL US OUT. GND PERSONNEL SIGNALLED HOLD AS MORE BAGGAGE WAS LOADED. WHEN THE CARGO DOOR WAS CLOSED, MARSHALLER GAVE US ALL CLR TO TAXI. WE STARTED OUR TAXI AND RAN INTO THE BAGGAGE CART. APPARENTLY THE TUG STALLED AND WAS NOT YET CLR OF THE ACFT. ALSO, THE TUG WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE COCKPIT. GND PERSONNEL HAD BECOME COMPLACENT AND CLRED US TO TAXI BEFORE ALL GND EQUIP WAS CLR OF ACFT.

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.