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Air carrier widebody transport #3 engine makes contact with ground equipment during ramp operation aircraft parking procedure in a night operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 202040 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199202 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rdu |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : orf |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 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 : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 202040 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 70 |
| ASRS Report | 202036 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
While taxiing in to gate under guidance of wing walkers and guide man, aircraft #3 engine cowl struck cargo loader. Aircraft speed slow causing small dent to engine cowl at 7 O'clock position.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR WDB #3 ENG MAKES CONTACT WITH GND EQUIP DURING RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC IN A NIGHT OP.
Narrative: WHILE TAXIING IN TO GATE UNDER GUIDANCE OF WING WALKERS AND GUIDE MAN, ACFT #3 ENG COWL STRUCK CARGO LOADER. ACFT SPD SLOW CAUSING SMALL DENT TO ENG COWL AT 7 O'CLOCK POS.
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.