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A medium transport during pushback operation was struck by a baggage cart incurring damage to the right wingtip.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 462658 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phx.airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| 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 : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 9 flight time total : 7800 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 462658 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : vehicle |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
While being pushed back by tug another tug pulling 2 bag carts came from behind us striking the right wingtip with the last bag cart.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MEDIUM TRANSPORT DURING PUSHBACK OP WAS STRUCK BY A BAGGAGE CART INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE R WINGTIP.
Narrative: WHILE BEING PUSHED BACK BY TUG ANOTHER TUG PULLING 2 BAG CARTS CAME FROM BEHIND US STRIKING THE R WINGTIP WITH THE LAST BAG CART.
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.