<< >> NASA ASRS Report 327000, January 1996

Taxiing air carrier struck the cabin attendant of a construction truck that was parked in a night flight operations area. The flight crew did not receive a NOTAM, ATIS advisory, or field condition report regarding inoperative taxiway lights or equipment and associated construction. Aircraft damaged.

Attributes
ACN	327000
Time
Date	199601
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : vps
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 5500
ASRS Report	327000
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Night operations at vps. While taxiing a flight from mem to vps, on taxiway centerline to parking position, the left wing impacted the cabin attendant of a parked construction truck. The incident occurred on the south side of the terminal ramp. The truck was parked with its front bumper aligned with the taxiway lights. The lights were inoperative and there were no barriers, markings or lights on or around the truck. No NOTAMS, ATIS advisory or field condition reports issued for equipment parked in close proximity to txwys, ramp or location of equipment. No NOTAMS or advisory indicating taxi lights on the ramp were inoperative. No information given to the crew by ATC concerning hazards on ramp. No information given to crew by station personnel, concerning ramp hazards, with in range call. Poor illumination of ramp. Field condition reports indicated construction on east side of ramp. I plan to taxi with more aircraft lights on in the future.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIING ACR STRUCK THE CAB OF A CONSTRUCTION TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED IN A NIGHT FLT OPS AREA. THE FLC DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTAM, ATIS ADVISORY, OR FIELD CONDITION RPT REGARDING INOP TXWY LIGHTS OR EQUIP AND ASSOCIATED CONSTRUCTION. ACFT DAMAGED.

Narrative: NIGHT OPS AT VPS. WHILE TAXIING A FLT FROM MEM TO VPS, ON TXWY CTRLINE TO PARKING POS, THE L WING IMPACTED THE CAB OF A PARKED CONSTRUCTION TRUCK. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE S SIDE OF THE TERMINAL RAMP. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED WITH ITS FRONT BUMPER ALIGNED WITH THE TXWY LIGHTS. THE LIGHTS WERE INOP AND THERE WERE NO BARRIERS, MARKINGS OR LIGHTS ON OR AROUND THE TRUCK. NO NOTAMS, ATIS ADVISORY OR FIELD CONDITION RPTS ISSUED FOR EQUIP PARKED IN CLOSE PROX TO TXWYS, RAMP OR LOCATION OF EQUIP. NO NOTAMS OR ADVISORY INDICATING TAXI LIGHTS ON THE RAMP WERE INOP. NO INFO GIVEN TO THE CREW BY ATC CONCERNING HAZARDS ON RAMP. NO INFO GIVEN TO CREW BY STATION PERSONNEL, CONCERNING RAMP HAZARDS, WITH IN RANGE CALL. POOR ILLUMINATION OF RAMP. FIELD CONDITION RPTS INDICATED CONSTRUCTION ON E SIDE OF RAMP. I PLAN TO TAXI WITH MORE ACFT LIGHTS ON IN THE FUTURE.

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.