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An MD82 is hit in the radome by a tug after the pushback was completed. The tug moved forward after the tug driver left the vehicle to assist the other company ground personnel with the towbar disconnect procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 404266 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fai |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-82 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 13000 |
| ASRS Report | 404266 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3450 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 404856 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft on ground during routine pushback. Push was almost completed. Aircraft was brought to a stop but the headset operator had not yet asked for parking brake (as procedure requires). He then seemed to be doing something with the towbar near the nose. The tow driver then got out of the tug and also moved toward the nose. Shortly the tractor began to move and struck the aircraft on the radome. Just before impact the headset operator yelled 'set brake, set brake.' I set the brake just before impact. Aircraft radome was damaged and had to be replaced. Flight was canceled. Supplemental information from acn 404856: tug operator got out of the tug to help with the disconnect, although he did not set the parking brake on the tug, causing the tug to roll forward into the radome of the airplane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD82 IS HIT IN THE RADOME BY A TUG AFTER THE PUSHBACK WAS COMPLETED. THE TUG MOVED FORWARD AFTER THE TUG DRIVER LEFT THE VEHICLE TO ASSIST THE OTHER CGP WITH THE TOWBAR DISCONNECT PROC.
Narrative: ACFT ON GND DURING ROUTINE PUSHBACK. PUSH WAS ALMOST COMPLETED. ACFT WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP BUT THE HEADSET OPERATOR HAD NOT YET ASKED FOR PARKING BRAKE (AS PROC REQUIRES). HE THEN SEEMED TO BE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE TOWBAR NEAR THE NOSE. THE TOW DRIVER THEN GOT OUT OF THE TUG AND ALSO MOVED TOWARD THE NOSE. SHORTLY THE TRACTOR BEGAN TO MOVE AND STRUCK THE ACFT ON THE RADOME. JUST BEFORE IMPACT THE HEADSET OPERATOR YELLED 'SET BRAKE, SET BRAKE.' I SET THE BRAKE JUST BEFORE IMPACT. ACFT RADOME WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FLT WAS CANCELED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 404856: TUG OPERATOR GOT OUT OF THE TUG TO HELP WITH THE DISCONNECT, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE ON THE TUG, CAUSING THE TUG TO ROLL FORWARD INTO THE RADOME OF THE AIRPLANE.
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.