<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1410330, December 2016

B737 first officer and the tug driver involved described a pushback incident which caused damage to the right winglet when it made contact with a truck.

Attributes
ACN	1410330
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 3589
Person 2
Function	Vehicle Driver
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

Narrative:

During pushback the tug driver said he needed to stop because a truck was too close to right wing. Upon further inspection there was slight damage to wing. Returned to gate and switched aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer and the Tug Driver involved described a pushback incident which caused damage to the right winglet when it made contact with a truck.

Narrative: During pushback the tug driver said he needed to stop because a truck was too close to right wing. Upon further inspection there was slight damage to wing. Returned to gate and switched aircraft.

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.