<< >> NASA ASRS Report 365520, April 1997

DC9 aircraft was parked with brakes set when ground crew signaled that chocks were in place. Reporter captain released the brakes and the aircraft rolled back a few inches to the point that the main cabin door, now open, pressed against the jetbridge safety gate. No damage noted.

Attributes
ACN	365520
Time
Date	199704
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
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	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 5900
ASRS Report	365520
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After taxi in and following receipt of 'chocks in' signal captain released parking brakes. Aircraft rolled back a few inches into chocks and captain reset parking brakes. Main cabin door, opened by agent, pressed against the jetbridge safety gate. No visible damage was noted on aircraft. A precautionary logbook entry was made.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 ACFT WAS PARKED WITH BRAKES SET WHEN GND CREW SIGNALED THAT CHOCKS WERE IN PLACE. RPTR CAPT RELEASED THE BRAKES AND THE ACFT ROLLED BACK A FEW INCHES TO THE POINT THAT THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, NOW OPEN, PRESSED AGAINST THE JETBRIDGE SAFETY GATE. NO DAMAGE NOTED.

Narrative: AFTER TAXI IN AND FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF 'CHOCKS IN' SIGNAL CAPT RELEASED PARKING BRAKES. ACFT ROLLED BACK A FEW INCHES INTO CHOCKS AND CAPT RESET PARKING BRAKES. MAIN CABIN DOOR, OPENED BY AGENT, PRESSED AGAINST THE JETBRIDGE SAFETY GATE. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON ACFT. A PRECAUTIONARY LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MADE.

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.