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An aircraft and ground vehicle collision during night operation on a congested ramp that is poorly lighted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 488378 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mke.airport |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 18600 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 488378 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
| Situations | |
| Airport | design : mke.airport lighting : mke.airport |
Narrative:
An aircraft operated by air carrier from milwaukee to philadelphia. An XA12 departure. Aircraft was parked on the terminal ramp with both engines shut down and APU running. Conditions were VFR clear, night, dark. Navigation and cabin lights illuminated. During the boarding of passenger, the aircraft was struck on the right wing by a van. The right leading edge of the wing was embedded into the van's windshield. There were injuries inside the van. Causes: early morning dawn. Dark outside. Very poor lighting at commuter gates. Ramp congested, too many airplanes in small space. Aircraft parked on or near service road. Service road not visible from cockpit. Van excessive speed. Speed limit 15 mph. Van traveling at 30+ mph. On CL65 aircraft (canadian regional jet), navigation lights not visible from front of aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACFT AND GND VEHICLE COLLISION DURING NIGHT OP ON A CONGESTED RAMP THAT IS POORLY LIGHTED.
Narrative: AN ACFT OPERATED BY ACR FROM MILWAUKEE TO PHILADELPHIA. AN XA12 DEP. ACFT WAS PARKED ON THE TERMINAL RAMP WITH BOTH ENGS SHUT DOWN AND APU RUNNING. CONDITIONS WERE VFR CLR, NIGHT, DARK. NAV AND CABIN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. DURING THE BOARDING OF PAX, THE ACFT WAS STRUCK ON THE R WING BY A VAN. THE R LEADING EDGE OF THE WING WAS EMBEDDED INTO THE VAN'S WINDSHIELD. THERE WERE INJURIES INSIDE THE VAN. CAUSES: EARLY MORNING DAWN. DARK OUTSIDE. VERY POOR LIGHTING AT COMMUTER GATES. RAMP CONGESTED, TOO MANY AIRPLANES IN SMALL SPACE. ACFT PARKED ON OR NEAR SVC ROAD. SVC ROAD NOT VISIBLE FROM COCKPIT. VAN EXCESSIVE SPD. SPD LIMIT 15 MPH. VAN TRAVELING AT 30+ MPH. ON CL65 ACFT (CANADIAN REGIONAL JET), NAV LIGHTS NOT VISIBLE FROM FRONT OF 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.