Aircraft damaged by tug during ramp operation pushback ramp departure procedure.

Attributes
ACN	227941
Time
Date	199212
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den
State Reference	CO
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 : preflight other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 23320
ASRS Report	227941
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
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
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Den airport departure from D concourse gate tug on pushback collided and damaged the radome on large transport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT DAMAGED BY TUG DURING RAMP OP PUSHBACK RAMP DEP PROC.

Narrative: DEN ARPT DEP FROM D CONCOURSE GATE TUG ON PUSHBACK COLLIDED AND DAMAGED THE RADOME ON LGT.

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.