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Captain of medium large transport air carrier aircraft taxied into a baggage cart during parking resulting in damage to the aircraft wing tip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 209294 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199205 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| 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 : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 209294 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 209737 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Right wing tip struck baggage cart on taxi into gate X at phl. Contributing factors: major ramp reconstruction going on, aircraft maneuvering area reduced, fuel truck parked between gate U and V as a distraction. Will now only accept tow-INS to that area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF MLG ACR ACFT TAXIED INTO A BAGGAGE CART DURING PARKING RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WING TIP.
Narrative: R WING TIP STRUCK BAGGAGE CART ON TAXI INTO GATE X AT PHL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: MAJOR RAMP RECONSTRUCTION GOING ON, ACFT MANEUVERING AREA REDUCED, FUEL TRUCK PARKED BTWN GATE U AND V AS A DISTR. WILL NOW ONLY ACCEPT TOW-INS TO THAT AREA.
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.