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B727. Aircraft parked at gate with parking brakes off due to heavy landing weight. Air carrier procedure is to chock nosewheel with brakes off, gusty winds moved the aircraft out of the chocks and it had minor scratches from hitting the fuel truck. Captain was in the cockpit and, as soon as he noticed the aircraft movement, applied the brakes. Reporter first officer says that all wheels should be chocked in those conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 346640 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cos |
| State Reference | CO |
| 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 | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 346640 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We landed heavy weight in cos from den. As a result the procedure is to chock the aircraft at the gate with the parking brake off. Due to gusty winds at the field (cos) from thunderstorms the aircraft moved off of the chocks approximately 20 ft from the gate. (Only the nose tire chocked due to procedure) fortunately the captain was in the cockpit and as the aircraft started to move he stomped on the brakes. Fortunately only a minor touch with the fuel truck occurred with no damage to aircraft other than a couple of scratches. A better procedure would be to chock all the tires in gusty winds and since the brakes were not hot, to set parking brake.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727. ACFT PARKED AT GATE WITH PARKING BRAKES OFF DUE TO HVY LNDG WT. ACR PROC IS TO CHOCK NOSEWHEEL WITH BRAKES OFF, GUSTY WINDS MOVED THE ACFT OUT OF THE CHOCKS AND IT HAD MINOR SCRATCHES FROM HITTING THE FUEL TRUCK. CAPT WAS IN THE COCKPIT AND, AS SOON AS HE NOTICED THE ACFT MOVEMENT, APPLIED THE BRAKES. RPTR FO SAYS THAT ALL WHEELS SHOULD BE CHOCKED IN THOSE CONDITIONS.
Narrative: WE LANDED HVY WT IN COS FROM DEN. AS A RESULT THE PROC IS TO CHOCK THE ACFT AT THE GATE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE OFF. DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AT THE FIELD (COS) FROM TSTMS THE ACFT MOVED OFF OF THE CHOCKS APPROX 20 FT FROM THE GATE. (ONLY THE NOSE TIRE CHOCKED DUE TO PROC) FORTUNATELY THE CAPT WAS IN THE COCKPIT AND AS THE ACFT STARTED TO MOVE HE STOMPED ON THE BRAKES. FORTUNATELY ONLY A MINOR TOUCH WITH THE FUEL TRUCK OCCURRED WITH NO DAMAGE TO ACFT OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF SCRATCHES. A BETTER PROC WOULD BE TO CHOCK ALL THE TIRES IN GUSTY WINDS AND SINCE THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOT, TO SET PARKING BRAKE.
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.