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Flight crew of DC9-31 waits for wing walkers and marshaller to guide aircraft into congested gate area. Even while being given all clear signal to move forward the wingtip strikes an obstacle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 389295 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 389295 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While taxiing in to gate, it was very congested so we stopped until we had a wing walker for each wing that was giving commands to a ground marshaller in front of aircraft, which we were to follow. Just short of stop point, with ground marshaller giving all clear signal, left wingtip struck an obstacle doing minor wingtip damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF DC9-31 WAITS FOR WING WALKERS AND MARSHALLER TO GUIDE ACFT INTO CONGESTED GATE AREA. EVEN WHILE BEING GIVEN ALL CLR SIGNAL TO MOVE FORWARD THE WINGTIP STRIKES AN OBSTACLE.
Narrative: WHILE TAXIING IN TO GATE, IT WAS VERY CONGESTED SO WE STOPPED UNTIL WE HAD A WING WALKER FOR EACH WING THAT WAS GIVING COMMANDS TO A GND MARSHALLER IN FRONT OF ACFT, WHICH WE WERE TO FOLLOW. JUST SHORT OF STOP POINT, WITH GND MARSHALLER GIVING ALL CLR SIGNAL, L WINGTIP STRUCK AN OBSTACLE DOING MINOR WINGTIP DAMAGE.
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.