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A beech 1900 slid on a sheet of ramp ice during taxi out from the gate into passenger jetway striking the left winglet causing minor damage to the aircraft and jetway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 360923 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199702 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hvn |
| State Reference | CT |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 5850 flight time type : 2150 |
| ASRS Report | 360923 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While being marshaled out from gate with passenger on board, aircraft slid on sheet of ice resulting in left winglet contacting a jetway. Contributing factors: ice on ramp area which had not been treated. Also low lighting conditions due to time of day -- dawn. Ways to prevent recurrence: occurrence happened with only 1 marshaller. Perhaps having a second marshaller walk the wing when the ramp is contaminated will help avoid a recurrence. Also, pre-treating the ramp with sand or other substances will help avoid a recurrence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BEECH 1900 SLID ON A SHEET OF RAMP ICE DURING TAXI OUT FROM THE GATE INTO PAX JETWAY STRIKING THE L WINGLET CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT AND JETWAY.
Narrative: WHILE BEING MARSHALED OUT FROM GATE WITH PAX ON BOARD, ACFT SLID ON SHEET OF ICE RESULTING IN L WINGLET CONTACTING A JETWAY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: ICE ON RAMP AREA WHICH HAD NOT BEEN TREATED. ALSO LOW LIGHTING CONDITIONS DUE TO TIME OF DAY -- DAWN. WAYS TO PREVENT RECURRENCE: OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WITH ONLY 1 MARSHALLER. PERHAPS HAVING A SECOND MARSHALLER WALK THE WING WHEN THE RAMP IS CONTAMINATED WILL HELP AVOID A RECURRENCE. ALSO, PRE-TREATING THE RAMP WITH SAND OR OTHER SUBSTANCES WILL HELP AVOID A RECURRENCE.
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.