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Flight crew of a DC9 stopped the aircraft after starting to taxi due to a service vehicle running into the left wingtip from the rear. The crash equipment personnel stood by during evacuate/evacuation of the passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 337930 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8900 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 337930 |
| 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 other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
As the aircraft began to taxi after pushback from gate X at dfw, a commissary truck ran into the left wingtip from the rear. The aircraft was stopped, crash equipment was called as a precaution and the passenger deplaned and escorted to the terminal. There were no injuries to passenger or crew. The left wingtip was damaged.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A DC9 STOPPED THE ACFT AFTER STARTING TO TAXI DUE TO A SVC VEHICLE RUNNING INTO THE L WINGTIP FROM THE REAR. THE CRASH EQUIP PERSONNEL STOOD BY DURING EVAC OF THE PAX.
Narrative: AS THE ACFT BEGAN TO TAXI AFTER PUSHBACK FROM GATE X AT DFW, A COMMISSARY TRUCK RAN INTO THE L WINGTIP FROM THE REAR. THE ACFT WAS STOPPED, CRASH EQUIP WAS CALLED AS A PRECAUTION AND THE PAX DEPLANED AND ESCORTED TO THE TERMINAL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PAX OR CREW. THE L WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED.
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.