A light pole is knocked over by a DC9-50 during a pwrback operation.

Attributes
ACN	566824
Time
Date	200211
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw.airport
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 50
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	566824
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : reverser warning light other flight crewa other other : ramp 3
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Pwring back from gate with 1.2 EPR set on EPR gauges. Come forward signal given, throttles advanced to idle. #2 (amber) thrust reverser unlock light remained on. Aircraft still rolling back, power advanced, aircraft stopped and wave-off received. Then signal given to return to gate. We were notified then that we had knocked over a light pole. No injuries and only minor damage to aircraft. All auths notified. Contributing factors were: dark and very narrow parking ramp, dim hand wands, and pwrback coordinator not walking back with aircraft during pwrback.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LIGHT POLE IS KNOCKED OVER BY A DC9-50 DURING A PWRBACK OP.

Narrative: PWRING BACK FROM GATE WITH 1.2 EPR SET ON EPR GAUGES. COME FORWARD SIGNAL GIVEN, THROTTLES ADVANCED TO IDLE. #2 (AMBER) THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ON. ACFT STILL ROLLING BACK, PWR ADVANCED, ACFT STOPPED AND WAVE-OFF RECEIVED. THEN SIGNAL GIVEN TO RETURN TO GATE. WE WERE NOTIFIED THEN THAT WE HAD KNOCKED OVER A LIGHT POLE. NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO ACFT. ALL AUTHS NOTIFIED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: DARK AND VERY NARROW PARKING RAMP, DIM HAND WANDS, AND PWRBACK COORDINATOR NOT WALKING BACK WITH ACFT DURING PWRBACK.

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.