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The right wing tip of an air carrier large transport hit a van while taxiing to the gate at lga with signalman's directions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 190583 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199110 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| 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 | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 164 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 82 |
| ASRS Report | 190583 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 6 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 9200 |
| ASRS Report | 190867 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On taxi in to gate we were using hand signals from a walker on the nose and a wing walker on the left for taxi guidance. A van was parked just outside the yellow wing tip line on the right. The nose walker continued to signal move forward until impact of the forward right corner of van and leading edge device on the right wing tip. We stopped, chocked, shutdown, and deplaned passenger from aft airstairs. Nosewheel was centered on taxi line, mains were split 2/3:1/2 to the right of taxi line.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE R WING TIP OF AN ACR LGT HIT A VAN WHILE TAXIING TO THE GATE AT LGA WITH SIGNALMAN'S DIRECTIONS.
Narrative: ON TAXI IN TO GATE WE WERE USING HAND SIGNALS FROM A WALKER ON THE NOSE AND A WING WALKER ON THE L FOR TAXI GUIDANCE. A VAN WAS PARKED JUST OUTSIDE THE YELLOW WING TIP LINE ON THE R. THE NOSE WALKER CONTINUED TO SIGNAL MOVE FORWARD UNTIL IMPACT OF THE FORWARD R CORNER OF VAN AND LEADING EDGE DEVICE ON THE R WING TIP. WE STOPPED, CHOCKED, SHUTDOWN, AND DEPLANED PAX FROM AFT AIRSTAIRS. NOSEWHEEL WAS CENTERED ON TAXI LINE, MAINS WERE SPLIT 2/3:1/2 TO THE R OF TAXI LINE.
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.