<< >> NASA ASRS Report 436277, May 1999

Aircraft pushed back from gate and a B747-400 taxied into same gate. On taxi, a passenger notified that the wingtip had hit the B747. Flight crew taxied to maintenance area and removed passenger.

Attributes
ACN	436277
Time
Date	199905
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747-400
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 : 180 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	436277
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical
Independent Detector	other other : pax3
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

We pushed back from gate at lax onto taxiway C with nose to the east. After start and release from guidance, we obtained taxi clearance from ground control. A B747-400 had moved into the same gate and parked. We initiated taxi and after turning into taxiway B, a flight attendant advised the cockpit that a passenger had observed the left wingtip come into contact with the B747-400 wingtip. We advised our passenger that we had struck the other aircraft and that we would go to a maintenance area for inspection. The passenger were bussed to the terminal. There was an NTSB investigator on our observer's jump seat. He offered to make a statement.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT PUSHED BACK FROM GATE AND A B747-400 TAXIED INTO SAME GATE. ON TAXI, A PAX NOTIFIED THAT THE WINGTIP HAD HIT THE B747. FLC TAXIED TO MAINT AREA AND REMOVED PAX.

Narrative: WE PUSHED BACK FROM GATE AT LAX ONTO TXWY C WITH NOSE TO THE E. AFTER START AND RELEASE FROM GUIDANCE, WE OBTAINED TAXI CLRNC FROM GND CTL. A B747-400 HAD MOVED INTO THE SAME GATE AND PARKED. WE INITIATED TAXI AND AFTER TURNING INTO TXWY B, A FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED THE COCKPIT THAT A PAX HAD OBSERVED THE L WINGTIP COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE B747-400 WINGTIP. WE ADVISED OUR PAX THAT WE HAD STRUCK THE OTHER ACFT AND THAT WE WOULD GO TO A MAINT AREA FOR INSPECTION. THE PAX WERE BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. THERE WAS AN NTSB INVESTIGATOR ON OUR OBSERVER'S JUMP SEAT. HE OFFERED TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

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.