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Mdt air carrier being parked with assistance of ground signal man, hit jetway with wing tip, aircraft damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 146803 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199005 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 146803 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Proceeded under ramp personnel direction straight toward gate. Captain was taxiing aircraft slowly as we approached gate. Aircraft parker signaled left turn; another ramp person on a tug located under right wing tip signaled ok with thumbs up signal. I was alternately looking at the ramp person on the tug, the right wing tip and the aircraft parker in front of the aircraft. Immediately prior to impact the ramp person on the tug looked at the aircraft parker and pointed to the left indicating that we should continue our left turn away from the gate area. The ramp person in front of the aircraft continued to signal left turn; the right wing tip struck a guard RAIL on the jetway. We stopped, shut down the aircraft and deplaned the passenger.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MDT ACR BEING PARKED WITH ASSISTANCE OF GND SIGNAL MAN, HIT JETWAY WITH WING TIP, ACFT DAMAGED.
Narrative: PROCEEDED UNDER RAMP PERSONNEL DIRECTION STRAIGHT TOWARD GATE. CAPT WAS TAXIING ACFT SLOWLY AS WE APCHED GATE. ACFT PARKER SIGNALED LEFT TURN; ANOTHER RAMP PERSON ON A TUG LOCATED UNDER RIGHT WING TIP SIGNALED OK WITH THUMBS UP SIGNAL. I WAS ALTERNATELY LOOKING AT THE RAMP PERSON ON THE TUG, THE RIGHT WING TIP AND THE ACFT PARKER IN FRONT OF THE ACFT. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO IMPACT THE RAMP PERSON ON THE TUG LOOKED AT THE ACFT PARKER AND POINTED TO THE LEFT INDICATING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE OUR LEFT TURN AWAY FROM THE GATE AREA. THE RAMP PERSON IN FRONT OF THE ACFT CONTINUED TO SIGNAL LEFT TURN; THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK A GUARD RAIL ON THE JETWAY. WE STOPPED, SHUT DOWN THE ACFT AND DEPLANED THE PAX.
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.