Maintenance technician reported that a B777 wingtip nearly collided with a large forklift while bein...

Narrative:

When towing a 777 aircraft into bay one the right hand wing tip almost struck the mast of a large forklift. Had the tow not been stopped contact would have been made. This forklift and several other jlg lift devices are routinely parked along the wall of bay one creating a constant strike hazard. On this particular day the forklift was not staged in its normal place which is all the way up against the wall. It was parked about 8 feet further back. Bays one and five have been the cause on several accidents over many years resulting in many aircraft damage events. Despite many requests for changes to these areas the unsafe conditions continue today with little to no active engagement from operating supervision.this high standing equipment needs to be stored outside or in a different location that eliminates the possibility of damaging aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Maintenance Technician reported that a B777 wingtip nearly collided with a large forklift while being towed into a hangar due to improper equipment storage.

Narrative: When towing a 777 aircraft into bay one the right hand wing tip almost struck the mast of a large forklift. Had the tow not been stopped contact would have been made. This forklift and several other JLG lift devices are routinely parked along the wall of bay one creating a constant strike hazard. On this particular day the forklift was not staged in its normal place which is all the way up against the wall. It was parked about 8 feet further back. Bays one and five have been the cause on several accidents over many years resulting in many aircraft damage events. Despite many requests for changes to these areas the unsafe conditions continue today with little to no active engagement from operating supervision.This high standing equipment needs to be stored outside or in a different location that eliminates the possibility of damaging 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.

Attributes
ACN	1545365
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Maintenance technician reported that a B777 wingtip nearly collided with a large forklift while being towed into a hangar due to improper equipment storage.