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An small transport has the ground power cord ripped from the aircraft as the tug pulls away at hnl. Aircraft is damaged since the power cord was not disconnected before the tug drove away.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 399020 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hnl |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5300 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 399020 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Tug driver drove gpu away from aircraft without removing power cord from aircraft. Cause of problem: not enough ground personnel to turn aircraft. People are always rushing. Company should slow down operations tempo and hire more qualified ramp workers.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN SMT HAS THE GND PWR CORD RIPPED FROM THE ACFT AS THE TUG PULLS AWAY AT HNL. ACFT IS DAMAGED SINCE THE PWR CORD WAS NOT DISCONNECTED BEFORE THE TUG DROVE AWAY.
Narrative: TUG DRIVER DROVE GPU AWAY FROM ACFT WITHOUT REMOVING PWR CORD FROM ACFT. CAUSE OF PROB: NOT ENOUGH GND PERSONNEL TO TURN ACFT. PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS RUSHING. COMPANY SHOULD SLOW DOWN OPS TEMPO AND HIRE MORE QUALIFIED RAMP WORKERS.
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.