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Flight crew of an light transport air carrier aircraft struck a parked fuel truck during parking. Aircraft wing tip sustained minor damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 253462 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199310 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 32000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 253462 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 253737 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During ramper directed parking at lax, aircraft's right wingtip made contact with a fuel truck parked out of its marked area. Damage to aircraft wingtip was scraped paint and a cracked wingtip light lens. No damage to fuel truck. Fuel truck parked out of its area caused an unusual situation for ramper to deal with. A wing walker could have prevented this but none was available at this time. Supplemental information from acn 253737: this whole incident could have been avoided by having more ramp space in lax. Cases such as this one are inevitable due to this limited space.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LTT ACR ACFT STRUCK A PARKED FUEL TRUCK DURING PARKING. ACFT WING TIP SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.
Narrative: DURING RAMPER DIRECTED PARKING AT LAX, ACFT'S R WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH A FUEL TRUCK PARKED OUT OF ITS MARKED AREA. DAMAGE TO ACFT WINGTIP WAS SCRAPED PAINT AND A CRACKED WINGTIP LIGHT LENS. NO DAMAGE TO FUEL TRUCK. FUEL TRUCK PARKED OUT OF ITS AREA CAUSED AN UNUSUAL SIT FOR RAMPER TO DEAL WITH. A WING WALKER COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS BUT NONE WAS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 253737: THIS WHOLE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY HAVING MORE RAMP SPACE IN LAX. CASES SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE INEVITABLE DUE TO THIS LIMITED SPACE.
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.