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Wingtip strike by air carrier large transport on obstruction vehicle as taxiing traffic. Postflt inspection revealed aircraft damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 246099 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tlh |
| State Reference | FL |
| 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 other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 246099 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Taxiing in after landing at tallahassee. An airport construction dump truck drove up near aircraft taxiway while aircraft was taxiing in toward the cargo ramp. The truck stopped at what appeared to be a safe distance from the taxiway. The truck was stopped abeam a 90 degree turn in taxiway. Noticed captain taxiing on the yellow taxiway centerline and turn head to look left for wingtip clearance. I could not see wingtip from flight engineer seat but assumed there was sufficient clearance, since I saw captain look left prior to right turn. After shutdown and post-flight, left wingtip was noticed dented.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WINGTIP STRIKE BY ACR LGT ON OBSTRUCTION VEHICLE AS TAXIING TFC. POSTFLT INSPECTION REVEALED ACFT DAMAGED.
Narrative: TAXIING IN AFTER LNDG AT TALLAHASSEE. AN ARPT CONSTRUCTION DUMP TRUCK DROVE UP NEAR ACFT TXWY WHILE ACFT WAS TAXIING IN TOWARD THE CARGO RAMP. THE TRUCK STOPPED AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE TXWY. THE TRUCK WAS STOPPED ABEAM A 90 DEG TURN IN TXWY. NOTICED CAPT TAXIING ON THE YELLOW TXWY CTRLINE AND TURN HEAD TO LOOK L FOR WINGTIP CLRNC. I COULD NOT SEE WINGTIP FROM FE SEAT BUT ASSUMED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT CLRNC, SINCE I SAW CAPT LOOK L PRIOR TO R TURN. AFTER SHUTDOWN AND POST-FLT, L WINGTIP WAS NOTICED DENTED.
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.