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Aircraft encountered damage to the #1 engine cowl because the ground crew was unaware that the jet bridge was out of position when they marshaled in the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1324588 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown Other / Unknown |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
While proceeding to my assigned task gate; I noticed the aircraft was on the j-line; which arrived 10 minutes early and was being held out till all ramp personnel arrived at gate. While I was wing walking the aircraft I noticed that the jetbridge was not in proper stowbox area; so I proceeded to notify the marshal however he was unable to see me due to insufficient lighting and the jetbridge was blocking his view and was unable to see my signals; so I had to run up to front of aircraft to stop pilot and marshal from continuing to park the aircraft by then the damage had incurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Aircraft encountered damage to the #1 engine cowl because the ground crew was unaware that the Jet Bridge was out of position when they marshaled in the aircraft.
Narrative: While proceeding to my assigned task gate; I noticed the aircraft was on the J-line; which arrived 10 minutes early and was being held out till all ramp personnel arrived at gate. While I was wing walking the aircraft I noticed that the Jetbridge was not in proper stowbox area; so I proceeded to notify the marshal however he was unable to see me due to insufficient lighting and the jetbridge was blocking his view and was unable to see my signals; so I had to run up to front of aircraft to stop pilot and marshal from continuing to park the aircraft by then the damage had incurred.
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.