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When the captain of an air carrier widebody transport taxied into position for takeoff at lhr, his aircraft wing passed over the cockpit of a B737 in the corner of the holding area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 472066 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200005 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : egll.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : egll.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 129 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 472066 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Captain was taxiing out to runway 9R at lhr. At the departure end of the runway there was a B737 in the corner of the holding area. As the captain taxied into position, the B737 aircraft stated our wingtip passed over their cockpit. To all 3 of us in the cockpit it looked like there was plenty of room.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WHEN THE CAPT OF AN ACR WDB TAXIED INTO POS FOR TKOF AT LHR, HIS ACFT WING PASSED OVER THE COCKPIT OF A B737 IN THE CORNER OF THE HOLDING AREA.
Narrative: CAPT WAS TAXIING OUT TO RWY 9R AT LHR. AT THE DEP END OF THE RWY THERE WAS A B737 IN THE CORNER OF THE HOLDING AREA. AS THE CAPT TAXIED INTO POS, THE B737 ACFT STATED OUR WINGTIP PASSED OVER THEIR COCKPIT. TO ALL 3 OF US IN THE COCKPIT IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM.
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.