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A DC9 flight crew has the right wing hit a tug that was parked too close to the gate while it was being marshalled into the gate by a team of air carrier ground personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 356377 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : oma |
| State Reference | NE |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| 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 : 120 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 356377 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Parking at gate at oma, a tug was parked too close to the right wing, the crew did not see the tug. Wing walkers were on both wings, with a marshaller also. About 10-15 ft prior to being at the gate, the tug was bumped. The marshaller gave no signal to stop. Damage was very slight, to bottom of right wingtip. Cone placement was inboard of right wingtip by 2 ft, should be placed outboard of wingtip. Flight crew should have cleared the area. Ground crew should have placed cone outboard of wingtip. Right wing walker gave signal to stop to the marshaller, but the marshaller did not see the signal. Right wing walker should have been in a position to be seen by the marshaller. Lines could be painted where to place the cones. All equipment outside of cones.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9 FLC HAS THE R WING HIT A TUG THAT WAS PARKED TOO CLOSE TO THE GATE WHILE IT WAS BEING MARSHALLED INTO THE GATE BY A TEAM OF ACR GND PERSONNEL.
Narrative: PARKING AT GATE AT OMA, A TUG WAS PARKED TOO CLOSE TO THE R WING, THE CREW DID NOT SEE THE TUG. WING WALKERS WERE ON BOTH WINGS, WITH A MARSHALLER ALSO. ABOUT 10-15 FT PRIOR TO BEING AT THE GATE, THE TUG WAS BUMPED. THE MARSHALLER GAVE NO SIGNAL TO STOP. DAMAGE WAS VERY SLIGHT, TO BOTTOM OF R WINGTIP. CONE PLACEMENT WAS INBOARD OF R WINGTIP BY 2 FT, SHOULD BE PLACED OUTBOARD OF WINGTIP. FLC SHOULD HAVE CLRED THE AREA. GND CREW SHOULD HAVE PLACED CONE OUTBOARD OF WINGTIP. R WING WALKER GAVE SIGNAL TO STOP TO THE MARSHALLER, BUT THE MARSHALLER DID NOT SEE THE SIGNAL. R WING WALKER SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN A POS TO BE SEEN BY THE MARSHALLER. LINES COULD BE PAINTED WHERE TO PLACE THE CONES. ALL EQUIP OUTSIDE OF CONES.
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.