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Air carrier captain reports damage to B737 while parked; by the ground crew towing an air cart into position for start.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 737014 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200701 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 737014 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
While parked; the aircraft was struck by an air cart being towed by a tug; resulting in an approximately 1 square ft tear in the fuselage and damage to underlying structure below door R1. Apparently; negligence; excessive speed of the towing vehicle and lack of a safety marshaller may have resulted in the aircraft being damaged when the air cart was being towed to an operable position near the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR CAPTAIN REPORTS DAMAGE TO B737 WHILE PARKED; BY THE GROUND CREW TOWING AN AIR CART INTO POSITION FOR START.
Narrative: WHILE PARKED; THE ACFT WAS STRUCK BY AN AIR CART BEING TOWED BY A TUG; RESULTING IN AN APPROX 1 SQUARE FT TEAR IN THE FUSELAGE AND DAMAGE TO UNDERLYING STRUCTURE BELOW DOOR R1. APPARENTLY; NEGLIGENCE; EXCESSIVE SPD OF THE TOWING VEHICLE AND LACK OF A SAFETY MARSHALLER MAY HAVE RESULTED IN THE ACFT BEING DAMAGED WHEN THE AIR CART WAS BEING TOWED TO AN OPERABLE POS NEAR THE ACFT.
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.