An MD80 nosewheel spray deflector was damaged when the aircraft taxied over a steel plate in atl's r...

Attributes
ACN	659282
Time
Date	200505
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
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 : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	659282
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe ground encounters other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Airport
Primary Problem	Airport

Narrative:

Taxi in on atl ramp 1 and on west centerline; aircraft spray deflector hit a 2 1/2 inch tall steel plate placed by atl airport operations. Ramp was notified and on postflt inspection; found damaged deflector. Inspected steel plate personally with PIC; air carrier maintenance and atl airport operations and found steel plate on centerline. (I personally feel this steel plate had no business being used on the ramp area at all due to its thickness and jagged edges.) callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: pilot reported that airport operations was called to the aircraft and stated the reporter's aircraft was the only aircraft to complain about the plate. The airport representative said 'maybe you weren't on centerline;' as if to say it was 'your problem.' the metal plate stood out high enough that the splash shield was shattered by the impact.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 NOSEWHEEL SPRAY DEFLECTOR WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE ACFT TAXIED OVER A STEEL PLATE IN ATL'S RAMP 1.

Narrative: TAXI IN ON ATL RAMP 1 AND ON W CTRLINE; ACFT SPRAY DEFLECTOR HIT A 2 1/2 INCH TALL STEEL PLATE PLACED BY ATL ARPT OPS. RAMP WAS NOTIFIED AND ON POSTFLT INSPECTION; FOUND DAMAGED DEFLECTOR. INSPECTED STEEL PLATE PERSONALLY WITH PIC; ACR MAINT AND ATL ARPT OPS AND FOUND STEEL PLATE ON CTRLINE. (I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS STEEL PLATE HAD NO BUSINESS BEING USED ON THE RAMP AREA AT ALL DUE TO ITS THICKNESS AND JAGGED EDGES.) CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: PLT RPTED THAT ARPT OPS WAS CALLED TO THE ACFT AND STATED THE RPTR'S ACFT WAS THE ONLY ACFT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PLATE. THE ARPT REPRESENTATIVE SAID 'MAYBE YOU WEREN'T ON CTRLINE;' AS IF TO SAY IT WAS 'YOUR PROB.' THE METAL PLATE STOOD OUT HIGH ENOUGH THAT THE SPLASH SHIELD WAS SHATTERED BY THE IMPACT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.

An MD80 nosewheel spray deflector was damaged when the aircraft taxied over a steel plate in atl's ramp 1.