Medium large transport on power back hits taxiway light.

Attributes
ACN	253839
Time
Date	199310
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iad
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 9500
ASRS Report	253839
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On power back the aircraft tire brushed a stick or pole standing next to a taxiway light. The stick knocked the taxiway light off its stand. The aircraft was inspected showing no damage and continued on with no further problems. The airport official on the scene indicated all that was needed was to change a light bulb in the taxi light and the taxiway light would be fixed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ON PWR BACK HITS TXWY LIGHT.

Narrative: ON PWR BACK THE ACFT TIRE BRUSHED A STICK OR POLE STANDING NEXT TO A TXWY LIGHT. THE STICK KNOCKED THE TXWY LIGHT OFF ITS STAND. THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED SHOWING NO DAMAGE AND CONTINUED ON WITH NO FURTHER PROBS. THE ARPT OFFICIAL ON THE SCENE INDICATED ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB IN THE TAXI LIGHT AND THE TXWY LIGHT WOULD BE FIXED.

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.