B757 crew turned over a truck with blast damage.

Attributes
ACN	470336
Time
Date	200004
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sna.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 23000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	470336
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Airport FAA
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : sna.tower
Airport	design : sna.airport

Narrative:

Sna ground control cleared flight to taxi to north overnight parking area, make a right 180 degree turn, stop and shut down engines for our 90 min ground delay. While making the turn, a truck parked adjacent to holding pad was turned on its side from jetblast. Truck was unoccupied. No injuries reported. North overnight parking area is a fairly small and closed area containing large amounts of ground support equipment and vehicles. Aircraft should not be taxiing in this area with or without ATC clearance. Being towed to this confined area, in my opinion, is the only really safe way to position aircraft here. Also, the parking of vehicles and equipment nearby is only making aircraft movements riskier.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CREW TURNED OVER A TRUCK WITH BLAST DAMAGE.

Narrative: SNA GND CTL CLRED FLT TO TAXI TO N OVERNIGHT PARKING AREA, MAKE A R 180 DEG TURN, STOP AND SHUT DOWN ENGS FOR OUR 90 MIN GND DELAY. WHILE MAKING THE TURN, A TRUCK PARKED ADJACENT TO HOLDING PAD WAS TURNED ON ITS SIDE FROM JETBLAST. TRUCK WAS UNOCCUPIED. NO INJURIES RPTED. N OVERNIGHT PARKING AREA IS A FAIRLY SMALL AND CLOSED AREA CONTAINING LARGE AMOUNTS OF GND SUPPORT EQUIP AND VEHICLES. ACFT SHOULD NOT BE TAXIING IN THIS AREA WITH OR WITHOUT ATC CLRNC. BEING TOWED TO THIS CONFINED AREA, IN MY OPINION, IS THE ONLY REALLY SAFE WAY TO POS ACFT HERE. ALSO, THE PARKING OF VEHICLES AND EQUIP NEARBY IS ONLY MAKING ACFT MOVEMENTS RISKIER.

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.