A ramp worker failed to remove a boarding ladder attachment before an EMB120 taxied from the gate an...

Attributes
ACN	864268
Time
Date	200912
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 3400 Flight Crew Type 2800
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Object Inflight Event / Encounter Object

Narrative:

While being marshalled out at the gate; we began making a right turn out as directed by the ramp agent. After about 15 feet of taxi; the aircraft came to an immediate stop. It felt like the brakes had locked up. We had just left the gate so we were taxiing very slowly. I then set the parking brake and we shut down the engines in order to call maintenance. After opening the door and walking off the airplane; I noticed the orange metal step (used at the bottom of the airstairs for passenger boarding) directly in front of the left main tires. It seems that the station agents forgot to pull it out of the way when they pulled the chocks. I then contacted our dispatch; then maintenance control; to have a mechanic look at it to make sure there was no damage to the aircraft. No damage was done to the aircraft or the metal step; so we got a maintenance sign off in the aircraft logbook and were re-released from dispatch to continue our trip.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Ramp Worker failed to remove a boarding ladder attachment before an EMB120 taxied from the gate and it became lodged in front of the left main gear; causing the aircraft to stop. A maintenance inspection revealed no damage.

Narrative: While being marshalled out at the gate; we began making a right turn out as directed by the Ramp Agent. After about 15 feet of taxi; the aircraft came to an immediate stop. It felt like the brakes had locked up. We had just left the gate so we were taxiing very slowly. I then set the parking brake and we shut down the engines in order to call Maintenance. After opening the door and walking off the airplane; I noticed the orange metal step (used at the bottom of the airstairs for passenger boarding) directly in front of the left main tires. It seems that the station agents forgot to pull it out of the way when they pulled the chocks. I then contacted our Dispatch; then Maintenance Control; to have a Mechanic look at it to make sure there was no damage to the aircraft. No damage was done to the aircraft or the metal step; so we got a maintenance sign off in the aircraft logbook and were re-released from Dispatch to continue our trip.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A ramp worker failed to remove a boarding ladder attachment before an EMB120 taxied from the gate and it became lodged in front of the left main gear; causing the aircraft to stop. A maintenance inspection revealed no damage.