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An air carrier B727 hit a fuel truck with its wingtip while entering the gate. Night operation. Ramp operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 347548 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 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 : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 347548 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 342270 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On company property with at least 3 wing walkers and a lighted wand equipped taxi director present, aircraft struck a fuel truck while being directed into gate. Left wingtip struck top of truck and ladder attached to back of fuel tank on the truck. Passenger deplaned via rear stairs and aircraft not moved again by crew. Supplemental information from acn 347270: we had 1 lead-in man with 2 lighted wands and 1 wing walker on each side -- plus, there was an additional man standing at the nearest corner of the fuel truck giving us a thumbs up. Property damage to truck.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B727 HIT A FUEL TRUCK WITH ITS WINGTIP WHILE ENTERING THE GATE. NIGHT OP. RAMP OP.
Narrative: ON COMPANY PROPERTY WITH AT LEAST 3 WING WALKERS AND A LIGHTED WAND EQUIPPED TAXI DIRECTOR PRESENT, ACFT STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK WHILE BEING DIRECTED INTO GATE. L WINGTIP STRUCK TOP OF TRUCK AND LADDER ATTACHED TO BACK OF FUEL TANK ON THE TRUCK. PAX DEPLANED VIA REAR STAIRS AND ACFT NOT MOVED AGAIN BY CREW. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 347270: WE HAD 1 LEAD-IN MAN WITH 2 LIGHTED WANDS AND 1 WING WALKER ON EACH SIDE -- PLUS, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL MAN STANDING AT THE NEAREST CORNER OF THE FUEL TRUCK GIVING US A THUMBS UP. PROPERTY DAMAGE TO TRUCK.
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.