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Pilot of an small transport twin taxied into parking at night and almost hit a gpu that was unlighted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 335717 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 335717 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
I was taxiing onto the ramp in between 2 rows of aircraft. As I was moving into an open position there was an unlighted gpu. Pilot should be warned about an easy situation which could turn into an accident due to a congested ramp. Plus an unlighted gpu!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMT TWIN TAXIED INTO PARKING AT NIGHT AND ALMOST HIT A GPU THAT WAS UNLIGHTED.
Narrative: I WAS TAXIING ONTO THE RAMP IN BTWN 2 ROWS OF ACFT. AS I WAS MOVING INTO AN OPEN POS THERE WAS AN UNLIGHTED GPU. PLT SHOULD BE WARNED ABOUT AN EASY SIT WHICH COULD TURN INTO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A CONGESTED RAMP. PLUS AN UNLIGHTED GPU!
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.