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Pushback tug driver hit airstair truck during pushback of a B737-200 puncturing a hole in the aircraft skin.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 461928 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Wed |
| 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 | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 461928 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11100 flight time type : 7800 |
| ASRS Report | 461716 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : vehicle |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
During normal pushback, standard procedures, tug operator confirmed brakes released and proceeded to push back aircraft about 2 ft before impacting portable airstair truck next to fuselage on left rear access door. Tug driver failed to observe truck and punctured hole in aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PUSHBACK TUG DRIVER HIT AIRSTAIR TRUCK DURING PUSHBACK OF A B737-200 PUNCTURING A HOLE IN THE ACFT SKIN.
Narrative: DURING NORMAL PUSHBACK, STANDARD PROCS, TUG OPERATOR CONFIRMED BRAKES RELEASED AND PROCEEDED TO PUSH BACK ACFT ABOUT 2 FT BEFORE IMPACTING PORTABLE AIRSTAIR TRUCK NEXT TO FUSELAGE ON L REAR ACCESS DOOR. TUG DRIVER FAILED TO OBSERVE TRUCK AND PUNCTURED HOLE IN ACFT.
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.