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After starting initial taxi, aircraft was hit by a ground service truck. Ground personnel alerted flight crew who stopped, set the brakes and shut down engines. No injuries, but there was aircraft damage to wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 339156 |
| 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 | 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 : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 339156 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Push back and both engines started, all was normal. After clearing right and left per company procedure, aircraft just started moving when a series of lurches were felt as if a brake were grabbing. Aircraft was immediately stopped. Ground service personnel were frantically waving. The ground signal man returned, reconnected to interphone, and said we had just been hit by a commissary-type truck. The engines were immediately shut down. Crash equipment was called as a precaution, and the passenger were deplaned via aircraft stairs and escorted to the terminal. No injuries were sustained by either passenger of crew (or ground workers). The aircraft wingtip was damaged.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER STARTING INITIAL TAXI, ACFT WAS HIT BY A GND SVC TRUCK. GND PERSONNEL ALERTED FLC WHO STOPPED, SET THE BRAKES AND SHUT DOWN ENGS. NO INJURIES, BUT THERE WAS ACFT DAMAGE TO WINGTIP.
Narrative: PUSH BACK AND BOTH ENGS STARTED, ALL WAS NORMAL. AFTER CLRING R AND L PER COMPANY PROC, ACFT JUST STARTED MOVING WHEN A SERIES OF LURCHES WERE FELT AS IF A BRAKE WERE GRABBING. ACFT WAS IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. GND SVC PERSONNEL WERE FRANTICALLY WAVING. THE GND SIGNAL MAN RETURNED, RECONNECTED TO INTERPHONE, AND SAID WE HAD JUST BEEN HIT BY A COMMISSARY-TYPE TRUCK. THE ENGS WERE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. CRASH EQUIP WAS CALLED AS A PRECAUTION, AND THE PAX WERE DEPLANED VIA ACFT STAIRS AND ESCORTED TO THE TERMINAL. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY EITHER PAX OF CREW (OR GND WORKERS). THE ACFT 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.