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Captain of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft accidentally taxied onto the tow bar after it was detached after pushback.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 253775 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199310 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| 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 | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 253775 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
After pushback at phl airport, we were completing the after start check. There was some confusion on the brakes set signal and when the tow bar was released the aircraft moved forward on it. The brakes were immediately applied and fortunately there were no injuries. This puts emphasis on the need for good communications.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MLG ACR ACFT ACCIDENTALLY TAXIED ONTO THE TOW BAR AFTER IT WAS DETACHED AFTER PUSHBACK.
Narrative: AFTER PUSHBACK AT PHL ARPT, WE WERE COMPLETING THE AFTER START CHK. THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ON THE BRAKES SET SIGNAL AND WHEN THE TOW BAR WAS RELEASED THE ACFT MOVED FORWARD ON IT. THE BRAKES WERE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED AND FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS PUTS EMPHASIS ON THE NEED FOR GOOD COMS.
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.