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A B737-300 incurred APU tailpipe damage during pushback from gate, striking a food service truck. Truck parked in safety envelope behind aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 581585 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200305 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Rain Snow |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 17.41 |
| ASRS Report | 581585 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure contributing factor : weather |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor Airport Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Company X (cater truck) was in the pushback envelope behind aircraft not on vsr (vehicle service road). Contributing factors: bad WX snow, rain, wind, darkness. How it was discovered: aircraft hit catering truck on pushback and damaged APU, tailpipe. Corrective action: do not park truck behind aircraft at pushback. Perceptions: was not aware the truck was there. Judgement: the result of bad judgement on parking of truck. Quality of human performance: being under stress and duress from incompetent management decisions at air carrier X airlines.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 INCURRED APU TAILPIPE DAMAGE DURING PUSHBACK FROM GATE, STRIKING A FOOD SVC TRUCK. TRUCK PARKED IN SAFETY ENVELOPE BEHIND ACFT.
Narrative: COMPANY X (CATER TRUCK) WAS IN THE PUSHBACK ENVELOPE BEHIND ACFT NOT ON VSR (VEHICLE SVC ROAD). CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: BAD WX SNOW, RAIN, WIND, DARKNESS. HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED: ACFT HIT CATERING TRUCK ON PUSHBACK AND DAMAGED APU, TAILPIPE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: DO NOT PARK TRUCK BEHIND ACFT AT PUSHBACK. PERCEPTIONS: WAS NOT AWARE THE TRUCK WAS THERE. JUDGEMENT: THE RESULT OF BAD JUDGEMENT ON PARKING OF TRUCK. QUALITY OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE: BEING UNDER STRESS AND DURESS FROM INCOMPETENT MGMNT DECISIONS AT ACR X AIRLINES.
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.