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Ramp person reported a close encounter with an aircraft inbound to the same gate from which he was pushing an aircraft back for departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1314164 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
We were cleared to push back aircraft X. I was the marshaller. I began to walk up the line after the aircraft cleared the taxiway to position myself in front of the aircraft. As I was walking toward gate X; I turned around to make sure my crew was okay when they were going to start to bring the plane down the line. As I turned around aircraft Y turned towards gate Y. At this time I was in front of [the adjacent] gate. My fourth crewmember was waiting for us at gate Y to give us a ride back to the gate. I thought aircraft Y was going to gate Y so I told him to move. But then I noticed the co-pilot waving his arm at me to move. His arm was going left to right fast. I was confused because my flight was cleared to push down the line of gate X. There was so much confusion I moved to the taxiway to clear myself of anymore harm. Some people noticed the plane was very close to me and thought I was going to be struck by the plane. How can the tower allow two planes to be on the same gate at once?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ramp person reported a close encounter with an aircraft inbound to the same gate from which he was pushing an aircraft back for departure.
Narrative: We were cleared to push back aircraft X. I was the marshaller. I began to walk up the line after the aircraft cleared the taxiway to position myself in front of the aircraft. As I was walking toward gate X; I turned around to make sure my crew was okay when they were going to start to bring the plane down the line. As I turned around aircraft Y turned towards gate Y. At this time I was in front of [the adjacent] gate. My fourth crewmember was waiting for us at gate Y to give us a ride back to the gate. I thought aircraft Y was going to gate Y so I told him to move. But then I noticed the co-pilot waving his arm at me to move. His arm was going left to right fast. I was confused because my flight was cleared to push down the line of gate X. There was so much confusion I moved to the taxiway to clear myself of anymore harm. Some people noticed the plane was very close to me and thought I was going to be struck by the plane. How can the Tower allow two planes to be on the same gate at once?
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.