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A300 widebody transport captain sees light cessna taxi under wing and park behind him, engines running. Calls to ramp finally resulting in airport ground personnel moving the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 334856 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 334856 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| 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 | other |
Narrative:
Location: ramp behind gate. A small light cessna taxied under our wing and parked behind our running engines. This was the most unsafe act I have seen in 15 yrs. Calls to ramp and ground produced no police. Dade county did finally show up and gave this aircraft a follow-me to its proper parking spot. If this had been a sabotage attempt instead of someone who did not know what he was doing the results could have been disastrous. If we had spooled up our engines to taxi I might have flipped the aircraft. I also assume this aircraft and its occupants had not been through any security chkpoint anytime. There needs to be some restr on light aircraft operating beyond spot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300 WDB CAPT SEES LIGHT CESSNA TAXI UNDER WING AND PARK BEHIND HIM, ENGS RUNNING. CALLS TO RAMP FINALLY RESULTING IN ARPT GND PERSONNEL MOVING THE ACFT.
Narrative: LOCATION: RAMP BEHIND GATE. A SMALL LIGHT CESSNA TAXIED UNDER OUR WING AND PARKED BEHIND OUR RUNNING ENGS. THIS WAS THE MOST UNSAFE ACT I HAVE SEEN IN 15 YRS. CALLS TO RAMP AND GND PRODUCED NO POLICE. DADE COUNTY DID FINALLY SHOW UP AND GAVE THIS ACFT A FOLLOW-ME TO ITS PROPER PARKING SPOT. IF THIS HAD BEEN A SABOTAGE ATTEMPT INSTEAD OF SOMEONE WHO DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. IF WE HAD SPOOLED UP OUR ENGS TO TAXI I MIGHT HAVE FLIPPED THE ACFT. I ALSO ASSUME THIS ACFT AND ITS OCCUPANTS HAD NOT BEEN THROUGH ANY SECURITY CHKPOINT ANYTIME. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME RESTR ON LIGHT ACFT OPERATING BEYOND SPOT.
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.