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Captain of an light transport struck a wingtip of another company aircraft when following the marshallers instructions during parking.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367736 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco |
| State Reference | FL |
| 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 other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 367736 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight from rsw to mco was taxiing into the ramp (orlando) when left wingtip struck tail cone of other company aircraft. The left wing marshal gave the captain a cleared ok sign with hand signal. At this point the crew observed the forward marshal who signaled clear to proceed forward with his hand. The aircraft rolled forward and struck tail of aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN LTT STRUCK A WINGTIP OF ANOTHER COMPANY ACFT WHEN FOLLOWING THE MARSHALLERS INSTRUCTIONS DURING PARKING.
Narrative: FLT FROM RSW TO MCO WAS TAXIING INTO THE RAMP (ORLANDO) WHEN L WINGTIP STRUCK TAIL CONE OF OTHER COMPANY ACFT. THE L WING MARSHAL GAVE THE CAPT A CLRED OK SIGN WITH HAND SIGNAL. AT THIS POINT THE CREW OBSERVED THE FORWARD MARSHAL WHO SIGNALED CLR TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH HIS HAND. THE ACFT ROLLED FORWARD AND STRUCK TAIL OF ACFT.
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.