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A B757 being pushed back is told to pull in and push back with tail in other direction. The captain is concerned that the aircraft was pulled in with an engine running.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 598751 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200311 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sna.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| 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 |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 598751 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were cleared to push onto the taxiway, tail north. The ramp agent got confused and pushed the airplane at an angle that was not true north. There was an airplane under tow that was to follow us. Because we were not true north, the ground controller asked us to pull back in to gate area and allow the airplane under tow to pass, then push back on the taxiway tail south. This was not something you write a report on, but our ramp agents must listen closer to different push instruction and not try to pull the airplane forward with an engine running.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 BEING PUSHED BACK IS TOLD TO PULL IN AND PUSH BACK WITH TAIL IN OTHER DIRECTION. THE CAPT IS CONCERNED THAT THE ACFT WAS PULLED IN WITH AN ENG RUNNING.
Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO PUSH ONTO THE TXWY, TAIL N. THE RAMP AGENT GOT CONFUSED AND PUSHED THE AIRPLANE AT AN ANGLE THAT WAS NOT TRUE N. THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE UNDER TOW THAT WAS TO FOLLOW US. BECAUSE WE WERE NOT TRUE N, THE GND CTLR ASKED US TO PULL BACK IN TO GATE AREA AND ALLOW THE AIRPLANE UNDER TOW TO PASS, THEN PUSH BACK ON THE TXWY TAIL S. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING YOU WRITE A RPT ON, BUT OUR RAMP AGENTS MUST LISTEN CLOSER TO DIFFERENT PUSH INSTRUCTION AND NOT TRY TO PULL THE AIRPLANE FORWARD WITH AN ENG RUNNING.
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.