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#2 engine nacelle hit a belt loader as aircraft medium large transport was taxiing to the gate with signal man directions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 189318 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199109 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 189318 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Captain followed marshaller's instructions and stayed on line. #2 engine nacelle came in contact with belt loader. Only indication was when operations called to say 'you're marshaller wasn't paying attention and he ran you into a belt loader.' it appeared that if the aircraft had stopped 3-4 inches sooner contact would not have been made. Corrective action: the ramp is extremely congested with ground equipment. Possibly a wing walker as employed on large aircraft in the military might help.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: #2 ENG NACELLE HIT A BELT LOADER AS ACFT MLG WAS TAXIING TO THE GATE WITH SIGNAL MAN DIRECTIONS.
Narrative: CAPT FOLLOWED MARSHALLER'S INSTRUCTIONS AND STAYED ON LINE. #2 ENG NACELLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH BELT LOADER. ONLY INDICATION WAS WHEN OPS CALLED TO SAY 'YOU'RE MARSHALLER WASN'T PAYING ATTN AND HE RAN YOU INTO A BELT LOADER.' IT APPEARED THAT IF THE ACFT HAD STOPPED 3-4 INCHES SOONER CONTACT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: THE RAMP IS EXTREMELY CONGESTED WITH GND EQUIP. POSSIBLY A WING WALKER AS EMPLOYED ON LARGE ACFT IN THE MIL MIGHT HELP.
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.