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B737-300 deadheading flight crew member observes an A320 aircraft taxi past the starboard side of his aircraft with the wings overlapping.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 693044 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | observation : passenger other personnel other |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 9008 flight time type : 4989 |
| ASRS Report | 693044 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Our aircraft was stopped; holding short of runway 9L on the west most taxi line perpendicular to the runway. While staring out the window; another carrier airbus taxied past our aircraft from back to front on the first officer side at extremely close range. A collective gasp! Was heard in the back of the aircraft from the passenger as we all cringed/braced for impact. The left wing fence of the airbus overlapped the right wing of our aircraft as they maneuvered past at an angle approximately 20 degrees to the right of our heading at a normal taxi speed. Estimated vertical miss distance from my vantage point was 1-2 ft. I managed to get the tail number of the airbus. We departed immediately behind this flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-300 DEADHEADING FLT CREW MEMBER OBSERVES AN A320 ACFT TAXI PAST THE STARBOARD SIDE OF HIS ACFT WITH THE WINGS OVERLAPPING.
Narrative: OUR ACFT WAS STOPPED; HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 9L ON THE W MOST TAXI LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE RWY. WHILE STARING OUT THE WINDOW; ANOTHER CARRIER AIRBUS TAXIED PAST OUR ACFT FROM BACK TO FRONT ON THE FO SIDE AT EXTREMELY CLOSE RANGE. A COLLECTIVE GASP! WAS HEARD IN THE BACK OF THE ACFT FROM THE PAX AS WE ALL CRINGED/BRACED FOR IMPACT. THE L WING FENCE OF THE AIRBUS OVERLAPPED THE R WING OF OUR ACFT AS THEY MANEUVERED PAST AT AN ANGLE APPROX 20 DEGS TO THE R OF OUR HDG AT A NORMAL TAXI SPD. ESTIMATED VERT MISS DISTANCE FROM MY VANTAGE POINT WAS 1-2 FT. I MANAGED TO GET THE TAIL NUMBER OF THE AIRBUS. WE DEPARTED IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THIS FLT.
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.