<< >> NASA ASRS Report 421064, November 1998

A DC8 freighter while being guided onto a gate struck an improperly parked belt loader incurring damage to the #3 engine cowling.

Attributes
ACN	421064
Time
Date	199811
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea
State Reference	WA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-8F
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 175
ASRS Report	421064
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	421018
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Parking in severe thunderstorm, marshaller and wing walker motioned aircraft into belt loader. Damage to #3 engine cowl and oil cooler door was slight, but required pylon inspection. Damage to belt loader, destroyed steering wheel and driver seat. Marshaller and wing walker continued to request forward aircraft movement even after first officer saw accident and directed me to stop. Cause: ground crew was not watching aircraft taxi into parking (had rain hoods blocking their vision).

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC8 FREIGHTER WHILE BEING GUIDED ONTO A GATE STRUCK AN IMPROPERLY PARKED BELT LOADER INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE #3 ENG COWLING.

Narrative: PARKING IN SEVERE TSTM, MARSHALLER AND WING WALKER MOTIONED ACFT INTO BELT LOADER. DAMAGE TO #3 ENG COWL AND OIL COOLER DOOR WAS SLIGHT, BUT REQUIRED PYLON INSPECTION. DAMAGE TO BELT LOADER, DESTROYED STEERING WHEEL AND DRIVER SEAT. MARSHALLER AND WING WALKER CONTINUED TO REQUEST FORWARD ACFT MOVEMENT EVEN AFTER FO SAW ACCIDENT AND DIRECTED ME TO STOP. CAUSE: GND CREW WAS NOT WATCHING ACFT TAXI INTO PARKING (HAD RAIN HOODS BLOCKING THEIR VISION).

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.