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B737 first officer reported the tug driver misaligned the pushback resulting in a collision with another aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1539857 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BWI.Airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 443 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft |
Narrative:
During pushback off [gate X]; tug driver impacted our right winglet into horizontal stab of other aircraft parked on [gate Z] (appeared to be minimal damage).captain verbalized that we looked significantly right of taxi line during pushback. I could see that there was not an aircraft on [gate Y] but there was an aircraft on [gate Z]. Right wing walker was in correct position with wands up. The right wing walker then waved wands vigorously for driver to stop at which time I verbalized to captain something like 'whoa!' or 'stop.' tug driver came to a stop. Captain coordinated with tug driver and we eventually were tugged back into [gate Y] for maintenance to inspect.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 First Officer reported the tug driver misaligned the pushback resulting in a collision with another aircraft.
Narrative: During pushback off [Gate X]; Tug Driver impacted our right winglet into horizontal stab of other aircraft parked on [Gate Z] (appeared to be minimal damage).Captain verbalized that we looked significantly right of taxi line during pushback. I could see that there was not an aircraft on [Gate Y] but there was an aircraft on [Gate Z]. Right Wing Walker was in correct position with wands up. The right Wing Walker then waved wands vigorously for Driver to stop at which time I verbalized to Captain something like 'whoa!' or 'stop.' Tug Driver came to a stop. Captain coordinated with Tug Driver and we eventually were tugged back into [Gate Y] for Maintenance to inspect.
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.