<< >> NASA ASRS Report 223714, October 1992

Air carrier Y suffers jet blast encounter from air carrier X during ramp operation aircraft parking procedure.

Attributes
ACN	223714
Time
Date	199210
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msy
State Reference	LA
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, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 2300
ASRS Report	223714
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	223726
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Taxi in to msy, overshot entrance to gate. While correcting back to taxi line, left engine jet blast caused ground equipment parked behind a cargo carrier medium large transport to be blown into left extended flap causing minor damage. Contributing factors: captain unfamiliar with angle of approach to gate (not as depicted in manual). Turning left into gate with right engine shut down (to keep ptu from running -- less noise for passenger). Proximity of medium large transport to approach to gate. Amount of ground equipment left parked behind medium large transport. Air carrier gate taxi-in line depicted incorrectly on chart.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR Y SUFFERS JET BLAST ENCOUNTER FROM ACR X DURING RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC.

Narrative: TAXI IN TO MSY, OVERSHOT ENTRANCE TO GATE. WHILE CORRECTING BACK TO TAXI LINE, L ENG JET BLAST CAUSED GND EQUIP PARKED BEHIND A CARGO CARRIER MLG TO BE BLOWN INTO L EXTENDED FLAP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: CAPT UNFAMILIAR WITH ANGLE OF APCH TO GATE (NOT AS DEPICTED IN MANUAL). TURNING L INTO GATE WITH R ENG SHUT DOWN (TO KEEP PTU FROM RUNNING -- LESS NOISE FOR PAX). PROX OF MLG TO APCH TO GATE. AMOUNT OF GND EQUIP LEFT PARKED BEHIND MLG. ACR GATE TAXI-IN LINE DEPICTED INCORRECTLY ON CHART.

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.