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An air carrier flight crew taxiing to the gate in a B727 allow ground personnel to marshall their aircraft into a parked aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 440180 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| 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 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 86 flight time total : 7662 flight time type : 5704 |
| ASRS Report | 440180 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
The captain was taxiing the aircraft under the commands of the marshaller, while I was watching the right side of the aircraft. Approximately 50 ft from the gate our left wingtip struck the wingtip of a parked aircraft. Our aircraft was on centerline, but the other was not. We followed all commands correctly from ground personnel and felt that there was a lack of communication between the wing walker and marshaller.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC TAXIING TO THE GATE IN A B727 ALLOW GND PERSONNEL TO MARSHALL THEIR ACFT INTO A PARKED ACFT.
Narrative: THE CAPT WAS TAXIING THE ACFT UNDER THE COMMANDS OF THE MARSHALLER, WHILE I WAS WATCHING THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT. APPROX 50 FT FROM THE GATE OUR L WINGTIP STRUCK THE WINGTIP OF A PARKED ACFT. OUR ACFT WAS ON CTRLINE, BUT THE OTHER WAS NOT. WE FOLLOWED ALL COMMANDS CORRECTLY FROM GND PERSONNEL AND FELT THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF COM BTWN THE WING WALKER AND MARSHALLER.
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.