<< >> NASA ASRS Report 344580, August 1996

Large transport aircraft taxiing into parking spot, following ground marshaller at night, hit left wingtip on object. Night operation.

Attributes
ACN	344580
Time
Date	199608
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tys
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
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 pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 5400 flight time type : 320
ASRS Report	344580
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 flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon taxi, marshallers (with lighted wands) were guiding the captain into the parking spot. The left wing walking marshaller disappeared from cockpit sight. The forward marshaller indicated a clear taxi and to keep the taxi going. The left wingtip hit an object. Corrective action: marshaller training.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT ACFT TAXIING INTO PARKING SPOT, FOLLOWING GND MARSHALLER AT NIGHT, HIT L WINGTIP ON OBJECT. NIGHT OP.

Narrative: UPON TAXI, MARSHALLERS (WITH LIGHTED WANDS) WERE GUIDING THE CAPT INTO THE PARKING SPOT. THE L WING WALKING MARSHALLER DISAPPEARED FROM COCKPIT SIGHT. THE FORWARD MARSHALLER INDICATED A CLR TAXI AND TO KEEP THE TAXI GOING. THE L WINGTIP HIT AN OBJECT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MARSHALLER TRAINING.

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.