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A commercial fixed wing aircraft while parked was struck by a baggage cart tug incurring damage to the left inboard trailing edge flap.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 363065 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : acy |
| State Reference | NJ |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 193 flight time total : 3400 flight time type : 446 |
| ASRS Report | 363065 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 2300 |
| ASRS Report | 363254 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Marshalled to gate. Set parking brake and performed shutdown as per cfm/checklist and felt the plane move forward. My captain left the plane to investigate while I stayed with the passenger. After I deplaned, I went outside to investigate and found that the baggage tug had struck the l-hand inboard flap trailing edge. Note: passenger were still in seats with belts fastened at the time of the event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING ACFT WHILE PARKED WAS STRUCK BY A BAGGAGE CART TUG INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE L INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP.
Narrative: MARSHALLED TO GATE. SET PARKING BRAKE AND PERFORMED SHUTDOWN AS PER CFM/CHKLIST AND FELT THE PLANE MOVE FORWARD. MY CAPT LEFT THE PLANE TO INVESTIGATE WHILE I STAYED WITH THE PAX. AFTER I DEPLANED, I WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND THAT THE BAGGAGE TUG HAD STRUCK THE L-HAND INBOARD FLAP TRAILING EDGE. NOTE: PAX WERE STILL IN SEATS WITH BELTS FASTENED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.
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.