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MD83 rolled at the gate after parking causing damage to the cabin door by the jetway. The aircraft had not been chocked when the captain released the brakes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 381727 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-83 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 381727 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After parking at gate, ground crew hooked up electrical power to aircraft then went on to other duties. No hand signals for chocks, power or anything else. I left parking brake set. Policy is for gate agent not to attach jetway unless aircraft is chocked. Since the jetway was attached to aircraft and nobody was on aircraft, I did the securing checklist, I released the parking brake (10-15 mins after passenger deplaned) and checked to see if aircraft moved which it did not. I finished up paperwork, gathered up my flight kit, and went to cabin to get my suitcase. Much to my horror I heard a crunching noise but thought the jetway moved, but it was the aircraft that rolled. Ground personnel forgot to chock the aircraft. The gate agent attached jet bridge without the chocks inserted and I made the wrong assumption that everyone did their jobs correctly. Cabin boarding door was slightly damaged, as was some plastic on the jet bridge. I won't assume ever again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD83 ROLLED AT THE GATE AFTER PARKING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CABIN DOOR BY THE JETWAY. THE ACFT HAD NOT BEEN CHOCKED WHEN THE CAPT RELEASED THE BRAKES.
Narrative: AFTER PARKING AT GATE, GND CREW HOOKED UP ELECTRICAL PWR TO ACFT THEN WENT ON TO OTHER DUTIES. NO HAND SIGNALS FOR CHOCKS, PWR OR ANYTHING ELSE. I LEFT PARKING BRAKE SET. POLICY IS FOR GATE AGENT NOT TO ATTACH JETWAY UNLESS ACFT IS CHOCKED. SINCE THE JETWAY WAS ATTACHED TO ACFT AND NOBODY WAS ON ACFT, I DID THE SECURING CHKLIST, I RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE (10-15 MINS AFTER PAX DEPLANED) AND CHKED TO SEE IF ACFT MOVED WHICH IT DID NOT. I FINISHED UP PAPERWORK, GATHERED UP MY FLT KIT, AND WENT TO CABIN TO GET MY SUITCASE. MUCH TO MY HORROR I HEARD A CRUNCHING NOISE BUT THOUGHT THE JETWAY MOVED, BUT IT WAS THE ACFT THAT ROLLED. GND PERSONNEL FORGOT TO CHOCK THE ACFT. THE GATE AGENT ATTACHED JET BRIDGE WITHOUT THE CHOCKS INSERTED AND I MADE THE WRONG ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYONE DID THEIR JOBS CORRECTLY. CABIN BOARDING DOOR WAS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED, AS WAS SOME PLASTIC ON THE JET BRIDGE. I WON'T ASSUME EVER AGAIN.
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.