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B737-500 hits jetway with left engine nacelle during parking while under the direction of wing walkers and marshal.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 431406 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 80 |
| ASRS Report | 431406 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other |
| Independent Detector | other other : cgp 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
Narrative:
On taxi in to jetway, left engine impacted lower r-hand corner of jetway. Aircraft was on taxi centerline and stopped when directed. Taxi director and wing walkers were properly in place and on station. Jetway was not properly stowed and fully retracted. Ground crew did not notice the jetway protruding into the taxi lane and taxied the aircraft into jetway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-500 HITS JETWAY WITH L ENG NACELLE DURING PARKING WHILE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF WING WALKERS AND MARSHAL.
Narrative: ON TAXI IN TO JETWAY, L ENG IMPACTED LOWER R-HAND CORNER OF JETWAY. ACFT WAS ON TAXI CTRLINE AND STOPPED WHEN DIRECTED. TAXI DIRECTOR AND WING WALKERS WERE PROPERLY IN PLACE AND ON STATION. JETWAY WAS NOT PROPERLY STOWED AND FULLY RETRACTED. GND CREW DID NOT NOTICE THE JETWAY PROTRUDING INTO THE TAXI LANE AND TAXIED THE ACFT INTO JETWAY.
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.