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Two air carrier maintenance technicians reported that when positioning a super-tug to tow an A319; the tug made contact with a stand causing damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1424250 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201702 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Vehicle Driver Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
I was told by my lead to take an aircraft from spot X and deliver it to gate X at xb:00. I grabbed my headset and a technician who was assigned to work with me [who] wanted to drive since he said he hadn't driven for awhile. I got the assignment at xa:20 we went to the supertug at xa:40. It was still dark and I sat on the passenger seat. The technician drove under the right wing at spot X due to ramp equipment surrounding the airplane including vehicles and gpu tugs and golf carts. The technician drove the tug at walking speed away from number 2 engine. The supertug contacted the stand that is at door 1 right with the left hand aft side of the tug. I got off the tug and see if any damage to the aircraft. I saw a dent above the aft electrical compartment and a dent on the inlet of number 2 engine. I called my lead right away. The stand was lower from airbus position to 737 position. The rail right hand side bent outward and stand at top level bend downward. The left rail of the stand was 5 inches away from the number 2 engine inlet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two air carrier maintenance technicians reported that when positioning a super-tug to tow an A319; the tug made contact with a stand causing damage to the aircraft.
Narrative: I was told by my lead to take an aircraft from spot X and deliver it to gate X at XB:00. I grabbed my headset and a technician who was assigned to work with me [who] wanted to drive since he said he hadn't driven for awhile. I got the assignment at XA:20 we went to the supertug at XA:40. It was still dark and I sat on the passenger seat. The technician drove under the right wing at spot X due to ramp equipment surrounding the airplane including vehicles and GPU tugs and golf carts. The technician drove the tug at walking speed away from Number 2 engine. The supertug contacted the stand that is at door 1 right with the left hand aft side of the tug. I got off the tug and see if any damage to the aircraft. I saw a dent above the aft electrical compartment and a dent on the inlet of Number 2 engine. I called my lead right away. The stand was lower from Airbus position to 737 position. The rail right hand side bent outward and stand at top level bend downward. The left rail of the stand was 5 inches away from the Number 2 engine inlet.
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.