Narrative:

Taxiing east on taxiway hh at mem, right landing gear struck temporary taxiway barricades (6' X 6' X 6') while making right turn onto runway 36R parallel taxiway. I made the turn wide as I felt I could, but still made contact. The incident was observed by an medium large transport behind us who reported no apparent damage, but that the barricade had been moved. The second officer, first officer and I discussed returning to the gate. The aircraft was taxiing normally. We had no hydraulic problems. The eyewitness (who was taxiing behind us) did not report any problem and the F/a's did not report any unusual noises. Based on this information, we concluded that any damage was probably superficial scruffing of the tires. We continued to our destination west/O incident (msp). We made a log book entry to have right gear inspected. Human performance: I received type rate on widebody transport in 9/88. Flew 40-50 hours in oct and nov, then flew dec as large transport captain. I feel that dual qualification on narrow body and wide body was a contributing factor to this incident. As I recall this incident, I think I started into that right turn as if it was an large transport--causing me to turn short. Supplemental information from acn 101913: the medium large transport came back and said that it seems like an awful tight turn for such a big machine. I asked the captain if he wanted me to tell tower we would hold at the run up area while maintenance drove out to check tires. The second officer made about the same comment but the captain stated that the aircraft felt ok. Hydraulics were ok and the report behind stated no apparent damage. We were at a light weight and neither I nor second officer argued and nothing further was said by us or mem. Upon arrival maintenance changed (1) tire. Captain also filled out a written report and personally handed it into the chief pilot within an hour of landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: STRUCK BARRIER WHILE TAXIING. NO DAMAGE TO ACFT. CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.

Narrative: TAXIING E ON TXWY HH AT MEM, RIGHT LNDG GEAR STRUCK TEMPORARY TXWY BARRICADES (6' X 6' X 6') WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURN ONTO RWY 36R PARALLEL TXWY. I MADE THE TURN WIDE AS I FELT I COULD, BUT STILL MADE CONTACT. THE INCIDENT WAS OBSERVED BY AN MLG BEHIND US WHO RPTED NO APPARENT DAMAGE, BUT THAT THE BARRICADE HAD BEEN MOVED. THE S/O, F/O AND I DISCUSSED RETURNING TO THE GATE. THE ACFT WAS TAXIING NORMALLY. WE HAD NO HYD PROBS. THE EYEWITNESS (WHO WAS TAXIING BEHIND US) DID NOT RPT ANY PROB AND THE F/A'S DID NOT RPT ANY UNUSUAL NOISES. BASED ON THIS INFO, WE CONCLUDED THAT ANY DAMAGE WAS PROBABLY SUPERFICIAL SCRUFFING OF THE TIRES. WE CONTINUED TO OUR DEST W/O INCIDENT (MSP). WE MADE A LOG BOOK ENTRY TO HAVE RIGHT GEAR INSPECTED. HUMAN PERFORMANCE: I RECEIVED TYPE RATE ON WDB IN 9/88. FLEW 40-50 HRS IN OCT AND NOV, THEN FLEW DEC AS LGT CAPT. I FEEL THAT DUAL QUALIFICATION ON NARROW BODY AND WIDE BODY WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS INCIDENT. AS I RECALL THIS INCIDENT, I THINK I STARTED INTO THAT RIGHT TURN AS IF IT WAS AN LGT--CAUSING ME TO TURN SHORT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 101913: THE MLG CAME BACK AND SAID THAT IT SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL TIGHT TURN FOR SUCH A BIG MACHINE. I ASKED THE CAPT IF HE WANTED ME TO TELL TWR WE WOULD HOLD AT THE RUN UP AREA WHILE MAINT DROVE OUT TO CHK TIRES. THE S/O MADE ABOUT THE SAME COMMENT BUT THE CAPT STATED THAT THE ACFT FELT OK. HYDS WERE OK AND THE RPT BEHIND STATED NO APPARENT DAMAGE. WE WERE AT A LIGHT WT AND NEITHER I NOR S/O ARGUED AND NOTHING FURTHER WAS SAID BY US OR MEM. UPON ARR MAINT CHANGED (1) TIRE. CAPT ALSO FILLED OUT A WRITTEN RPT AND PERSONALLY HANDED IT INTO THE CHIEF PLT WITHIN AN HOUR OF LNDG.

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.