<< >> NASA ASRS Report 386656, November 1997

A DC9-10 while taxiing using a guide man and wing walkers struck a parked B747 wingtip incurring damage to the rudder.

Attributes
ACN	386656
Time
Date	199711
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : yyz
State Reference	ON
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bos
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 10
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 110
ASRS Report	386656
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

While being ground handled at night with lights and several wing walkers and observers, ground handler turned us very sharply and our tail (rudder) hit the wingtip of a parked B747. Main ground handler lost sight of his wing walkers and observers as he was moving to stay in front of us. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said the guide man was out of sight of the wing walkers during the turning movement.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9-10 WHILE TAXIING USING A GUIDE MAN AND WING WALKERS STRUCK A PARKED B747 WINGTIP INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER.

Narrative: WHILE BEING GND HANDLED AT NIGHT WITH LIGHTS AND SEVERAL WING WALKERS AND OBSERVERS, GND HANDLER TURNED US VERY SHARPLY AND OUR TAIL (RUDDER) HIT THE WINGTIP OF A PARKED B747. MAIN GND HANDLER LOST SIGHT OF HIS WING WALKERS AND OBSERVERS AS HE WAS MOVING TO STAY IN FRONT OF US. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THE GUIDE MAN WAS OUT OF SIGHT OF THE WING WALKERS DURING THE TURNING MOVEMENT.

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.