 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
A commercial fixed wing medium large transport aircraft while being guided on to a gate was struck by an improperly positioned unattended truck which rolled backwards incurring damage to the right wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 422871 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time total : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 422871 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 422872 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On taxi in, the captain flashed her taxi light and gave the mechanic full taxi-in authority/authorized. The captain and I both pointed to a service truck off our right wingtip to the mechanic who then looked and leaned over to doublechk to see if we were clear, then shook his head yes and continued to guide us forward. I said to the captain to go slow and from here it looks as if you're clear. Shortly after (1-2 seconds) our right wingtip caught the truck's left back top. The mechanic said the aircraft was clear then the truck started rolling backwards. After we hit the truck, the truck rolled about 5-10 ft forward. The mechanic also said that a ramper saw everything and ran over to stop the backward rolling truck. Point of impact was right where the light cover meets the wing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING MLG ACFT WHILE BEING GUIDED ON TO A GATE WAS STRUCK BY AN IMPROPERLY POSITIONED UNATTENDED TRUCK WHICH ROLLED BACKWARDS INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE R WINGTIP.
Narrative: ON TAXI IN, THE CAPT FLASHED HER TAXI LIGHT AND GAVE THE MECH FULL TAXI-IN AUTH. THE CAPT AND I BOTH POINTED TO A SVC TRUCK OFF OUR R WINGTIP TO THE MECH WHO THEN LOOKED AND LEANED OVER TO DOUBLECHK TO SEE IF WE WERE CLR, THEN SHOOK HIS HEAD YES AND CONTINUED TO GUIDE US FORWARD. I SAID TO THE CAPT TO GO SLOW AND FROM HERE IT LOOKS AS IF YOU'RE CLR. SHORTLY AFTER (1-2 SECONDS) OUR R WINGTIP CAUGHT THE TRUCK'S L BACK TOP. THE MECH SAID THE ACFT WAS CLR THEN THE TRUCK STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. AFTER WE HIT THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK ROLLED ABOUT 5-10 FT FORWARD. THE MECH ALSO SAID THAT A RAMPER SAW EVERYTHING AND RAN OVER TO STOP THE BACKWARD ROLLING TRUCK. POINT OF IMPACT WAS RIGHT WHERE THE LIGHT COVER MEETS THE WING.
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.