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Commuter small transport was hit by company tug as supervisor tried to prevent aircraft from taxiing from the gate until all late passengers had been put on board.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 85360 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198804 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 85360 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While attempting to make an on time departure, the ticket agent, idented as assistant manager attempted to stop my taxi by driving a tug in front of the plane causing me to reverse the airplane to avoid being struck. This occurred 3 more times and finally I was allowed to leave the ramp area. The reason for this action was to prevent my departure due to late passenger check INS. Several days later I found out the aircraft was struck by the tug through the chief pilots office.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMMUTER SMT WAS HIT BY COMPANY TUG AS SUPVR TRIED TO PREVENT ACFT FROM TAXIING FROM THE GATE UNTIL ALL LATE PASSENGERS HAD BEEN PUT ON BOARD.
Narrative: WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN ON TIME DEP, THE TICKET AGENT, IDENTED AS ASSISTANT MGR ATTEMPTED TO STOP MY TAXI BY DRIVING A TUG IN FRONT OF THE PLANE CAUSING ME TO REVERSE THE AIRPLANE TO AVOID BEING STRUCK. THIS OCCURRED 3 MORE TIMES AND FINALLY I WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE RAMP AREA. THE REASON FOR THIS ACTION WAS TO PREVENT MY DEP DUE TO LATE PAX CHK INS. SEVERAL DAYS LATER I FOUND OUT THE ACFT WAS STRUCK BY THE TUG THROUGH THE CHIEF PLTS OFFICE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.