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A parked air carrier aft is slightly damaged by another air carrier aircraft using cross start technique during engine starting at ramp.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 138727 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199003 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : smf |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 138727 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
APU pneumatic inoperative. Started #1 engine at gate. Pushed back and cleared to start #2 engine. Received clearance from smf tower ground control for x-bleed start of #2 engine. After start of #2 engine, used normal break-away thrust and taxied to runway 16R for takeoff. On arrival ont, was requested to call operations at smf. On our departure from smf we had blown a ladder into an aircraft at adjacent gate, causing slight damage to a VHF antenna on aircraft and a resulting 10 min delay. Corrective action: aircraft should be towed to ramp area between taxiway south and T. Abeam gate 37 for start.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PARKED ACR AFT IS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED BY ANOTHER ACR ACFT USING CROSS START TECHNIQUE DURING ENGINE STARTING AT RAMP.
Narrative: APU PNEUMATIC INOP. STARTED #1 ENG AT GATE. PUSHED BACK AND CLRED TO START #2 ENG. RECEIVED CLRNC FROM SMF TWR GND CTL FOR X-BLEED START OF #2 ENG. AFTER START OF #2 ENG, USED NORMAL BREAK-AWAY THRUST AND TAXIED TO RWY 16R FOR TKOF. ON ARR ONT, WAS REQUESTED TO CALL OPS AT SMF. ON OUR DEP FROM SMF WE HAD BLOWN A LADDER INTO AN ACFT AT ADJACENT GATE, CAUSING SLIGHT DAMAGE TO A VHF ANTENNA ON ACFT AND A RESULTING 10 MIN DELAY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: ACFT SHOULD BE TOWED TO RAMP AREA BTWN TXWY S AND T. ABEAM GATE 37 FOR START.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.