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A B727 while being guided in to a gate without wing walkers struck an improperly parked cargo container incurring damage to the left wing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 434768 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 : 100 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 180 |
| ASRS Report | 464768 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Flight fdx-cid. Taxiing in to gate, marshaller gave visual signal to pull forward in to gate. Captain pulled forward slowly. Left wingtip came in contact with cargo container approximately 2 ft inboard of wingtip. Aircraft was stopped by captain even though marshaller continued to give instructions to pull forward. Flight safety was notified and investigated before aircraft was tugged in to gate. (Approximately 15 ft leading edge slat was only apparent damage.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 WHILE BEING GUIDED IN TO A GATE WITHOUT WING WALKERS STRUCK AN IMPROPERLY PARKED CARGO CONTAINER INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE L WING.
Narrative: FLT FDX-CID. TAXIING IN TO GATE, MARSHALLER GAVE VISUAL SIGNAL TO PULL FORWARD IN TO GATE. CAPT PULLED FORWARD SLOWLY. L WINGTIP CAME IN CONTACT WITH CARGO CONTAINER APPROX 2 FT INBOARD OF WINGTIP. ACFT WAS STOPPED BY CAPT EVEN THOUGH MARSHALLER CONTINUED TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO PULL FORWARD. FLT SAFETY WAS NOTIFIED AND INVESTIGATED BEFORE ACFT WAS TUGGED IN TO GATE. (APPROX 15 FT LEADING EDGE SLAT WAS ONLY APPARENT DAMAGE.)
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.