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Miscom between pilot and tug operator resulted in aircraft being pushed with parking brake on and subsequent nose gear damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 327692 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199602 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 105 flight time total : 10212 flight time type : 105 |
| ASRS Report | 327692 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Upon arrival to aircraft, I noticed parking brakes set and red parking light on terminal building illuminated. Company procedure is to leave brakes set any time parking light is on. After completing checklist and calling for pushback instructions, we were advised of traffic behind aircraft and to expect push after traffic cleared. I relayed this information to the tug operator. Tug operator then attempted to push aircraft without verifying brakes released (company policy is to get captain's confirmation of brakes released). Damage to nose gear assembly resulted.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MISCOM BTWN PLT AND TUG OPERATOR RESULTED IN ACFT BEING PUSHED WITH PARKING BRAKE ON AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE GEAR DAMAGE.
Narrative: UPON ARR TO ACFT, I NOTICED PARKING BRAKES SET AND RED PARKING LIGHT ON TERMINAL BUILDING ILLUMINATED. COMPANY PROC IS TO LEAVE BRAKES SET ANY TIME PARKING LIGHT IS ON. AFTER COMPLETING CHKLIST AND CALLING FOR PUSHBACK INSTRUCTIONS, WE WERE ADVISED OF TFC BEHIND ACFT AND TO EXPECT PUSH AFTER TFC CLRED. I RELAYED THIS INFO TO THE TUG OPERATOR. TUG OPERATOR THEN ATTEMPTED TO PUSH ACFT WITHOUT VERIFYING BRAKES RELEASED (COMPANY POLICY IS TO GET CAPT'S CONFIRMATION OF BRAKES RELEASED). DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY RESULTED.
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.