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A B727-200 parked at the air carrier gate, has a ground tug run into the aft airstair. It was raining at the time in jfk, ny.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 383050 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 3900 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 383050 |
| 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 flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight XXX from jfk-bqn was parked at gate prior to passenger boarding. I was in my seat in the cockpit and felt the aircraft rock back and forth. I got out of my seat to investigate. The flight engineer said it felt like something hit the back end of the aircraft as he was in the cabin at the time. We proceeded to the ramp to find that a baggage tug had hit the aft airstairs which were down and locked at the time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 PARKED AT THE ACR GATE, HAS A GND TUG RUN INTO THE AFT AIRSTAIR. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME IN JFK, NY.
Narrative: FLT XXX FROM JFK-BQN WAS PARKED AT GATE PRIOR TO PAX BOARDING. I WAS IN MY SEAT IN THE COCKPIT AND FELT THE ACFT ROCK BACK AND FORTH. I GOT OUT OF MY SEAT TO INVESTIGATE. THE FE SAID IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING HIT THE BACK END OF THE ACFT AS HE WAS IN THE CABIN AT THE TIME. WE PROCEEDED TO THE RAMP TO FIND THAT A BAGGAGE TUG HAD HIT THE AFT AIRSTAIRS WHICH WERE DOWN AND LOCKED AT THE TIME.
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.