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A B757-200 at start of pushback had tow bar fuse bolts fail. Nose gear inspected by technician found no obvious damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 596939 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : pushback |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Experience | maintenance technician : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 596939 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : person 2 |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Company |
Narrative:
Upon ramp pushback, tractor driver claims he heard a loud bang where tow bar attaches to nose gear. They called me out to check out what happened. I found both fuse bolts on tow bar sheared. I looked over nose gear, found no obvious irregularities. Down line maintenance was contacted for a thorough inspection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 AT START OF PUSHBACK HAD TOW BAR FUSE BOLTS FAIL. NOSE GEAR INSPECTED BY TECHNICIAN FOUND NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE.
Narrative: UPON RAMP PUSHBACK, TRACTOR DRIVER CLAIMS HE HEARD A LOUD BANG WHERE TOW BAR ATTACHES TO NOSE GEAR. THEY CALLED ME OUT TO CHK OUT WHAT HAPPENED. I FOUND BOTH FUSE BOLTS ON TOW BAR SHEARED. I LOOKED OVER NOSE GEAR, FOUND NO OBVIOUS IRREGULARITIES. DOWN LINE MAINT WAS CONTACTED FOR A THOROUGH INSPECTION.
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.