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Medium large transport ramp guidance directs aircraft at pvd until contact is made with jetway. Aircraft damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 445847 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pvd.airport |
| State Reference | RI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pvd.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 445847 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters other non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 3 |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Company |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Taxiing to park at pvd on the night of aug/xa/99, everything appeared normal. The gate area was clear. The marshaller and 2 wing walkers with lighted wands were in position to provide guidance. As I approached the stop mark (the marshaller wands were about a foot apart), I felt something bump the aircraft. We stopped. The next moment our marshaller walked out of view of the cockpit. Shortly after that the jetway started to move. I made a gesture to the jetway agent for assistance. A few moments later a different ramp agent appeared and gave the parked and chocks in signal. The top of the left engine cowl hit the jetway putting a hole in it. The aircraft position was in the middle of the lead in line and just inches short of the B737 stop/park mark. No ground personnel were injured and passenger deplaned normally.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG RAMP GUIDANCE DIRECTS ACFT AT PVD UNTIL CONTACT IS MADE WITH JETWAY. ACFT DAMAGE.
Narrative: TAXIING TO PARK AT PVD ON THE NIGHT OF AUG/XA/99, EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. THE GATE AREA WAS CLR. THE MARSHALLER AND 2 WING WALKERS WITH LIGHTED WANDS WERE IN POS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE. AS I APCHED THE STOP MARK (THE MARSHALLER WANDS WERE ABOUT A FOOT APART), I FELT SOMETHING BUMP THE ACFT. WE STOPPED. THE NEXT MOMENT OUR MARSHALLER WALKED OUT OF VIEW OF THE COCKPIT. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE JETWAY STARTED TO MOVE. I MADE A GESTURE TO THE JETWAY AGENT FOR ASSISTANCE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER A DIFFERENT RAMP AGENT APPEARED AND GAVE THE PARKED AND CHOCKS IN SIGNAL. THE TOP OF THE L ENG COWL HIT THE JETWAY PUTTING A HOLE IN IT. THE ACFT POS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LEAD IN LINE AND JUST INCHES SHORT OF THE B737 STOP/PARK MARK. NO GND PERSONNEL WERE INJURED AND PAX DEPLANED NORMALLY.
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.