 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
An MD80 incurred nose wheel well skin damage when being positioned for a compass swing. Nose wheels slid on sand past the tow limit damaging nose wheel well components.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 603924 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200312 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : compass swing |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician other personnel |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 603924 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters other other anomaly 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 : weather performance deficiency : scheduled maintenance performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor Airport |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
While doing a compass swing with use of a tug the nosewheel slid past the tug causing an over-steering situation in which it went past the tow limit causing damage to the interior of the nose wheel well.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 INCURRED NOSE WHEEL WELL SKIN DAMAGE WHEN BEING POSITIONED FOR A COMPASS SWING. NOSE WHEELS SLID ON SAND PAST THE TOW LIMIT DAMAGING NOSE WHEEL WELL COMPONENTS.
Narrative: WHILE DOING A COMPASS SWING WITH USE OF A TUG THE NOSEWHEEL SLID PAST THE TUG CAUSING AN OVER-STEERING SIT IN WHICH IT WENT PAST THE TOW LIMIT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL.
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.