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An atx light transport pilot rolled into a hangar with his engines shut down. An FAA inspector thought that the reporter taxied into the hangar.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 226083 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199211 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 247 flight time total : 15012 flight time type : 5700 |
| ASRS Report | 226083 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Our chief of maintenance asked me if I could taxi the aircraft over to the hangar since there was an aircraft fuel spill and a tug would not be available for quite awhile. He climbed aboard and I taxied over to the hangar with both engines. 2 mechanics were watching our tips around other aircraft and 2 more were waiting by the hangar. I saw the FBO ramp supervisor give us a thumbs up. Approaching the fire lane, I cut both engines, after I activated the auxiliary hydraulic pump. As we were coasting, the chief of maintenance said go ahead and coast past the hangar door's rails as it was impossible to do from a standstill. I told it was not a good idea, but he said the FBO and our operations do it all the time and it was cleared to do it. I coasted past the door RAIL and the 2 mechanics grabbed the tips and pushed the aircraft into the desired position. I then went to the office and faxed my paperwork and left around X00 am. I was getting fuel for my vehicle when I discovered I was missing some personal belongings, in the aircraft. I called our mechanics and found out that an FAA inspector, watching the fuel spill, got my name saying that the engines were still running when we pushed the aircraft inside the hangar and that I left after that without post-flight etc. I am not aware of any regulation prohibiting coasting or pushing an aircraft into or out of hangars, especially since we used extreme caution and safety measures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ATX LTT PLT ROLLED INTO A HANGAR WITH HIS ENGS SHUT DOWN. AN FAA INSPECTOR THOUGHT THAT THE RPTR TAXIED INTO THE HANGAR.
Narrative: OUR CHIEF OF MAINT ASKED ME IF I COULD TAXI THE ACFT OVER TO THE HANGAR SINCE THERE WAS AN ACFT FUEL SPILL AND A TUG WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR QUITE AWHILE. HE CLBED ABOARD AND I TAXIED OVER TO THE HANGAR WITH BOTH ENGS. 2 MECHS WERE WATCHING OUR TIPS AROUND OTHER ACFT AND 2 MORE WERE WAITING BY THE HANGAR. I SAW THE FBO RAMP SUPVR GIVE US A THUMBS UP. APCHING THE FIRE LANE, I CUT BOTH ENGS, AFTER I ACTIVATED THE AUX HYD PUMP. AS WE WERE COASTING, THE CHIEF OF MAINT SAID GO AHEAD AND COAST PAST THE HANGAR DOOR'S RAILS AS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO FROM A STANDSTILL. I TOLD IT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA, BUT HE SAID THE FBO AND OUR OPS DO IT ALL THE TIME AND IT WAS CLRED TO DO IT. I COASTED PAST THE DOOR RAIL AND THE 2 MECHS GRABBED THE TIPS AND PUSHED THE ACFT INTO THE DESIRED POS. I THEN WENT TO THE OFFICE AND FAXED MY PAPERWORK AND LEFT AROUND X00 AM. I WAS GETTING FUEL FOR MY VEHICLE WHEN I DISCOVERED I WAS MISSING SOME PERSONAL BELONGINGS, IN THE ACFT. I CALLED OUR MECHS AND FOUND OUT THAT AN FAA INSPECTOR, WATCHING THE FUEL SPILL, GOT MY NAME SAYING THAT THE ENGS WERE STILL RUNNING WHEN WE PUSHED THE ACFT INSIDE THE HANGAR AND THAT I LEFT AFTER THAT WITHOUT POST-FLT ETC. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY REG PROHIBITING COASTING OR PUSHING AN ACFT INTO OR OUT OF HANGARS, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE USED EXTREME CAUTION AND SAFETY MEASURES.
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.