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Boeing 737 maintenance technicians reported that the aircraft that was being pushed back made contact with a parked aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1546499 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-900 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Wing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft |
Narrative:
I was the tow driver for [the aircraft at the gate] to tow to the maintenance facility. Mechanic a was the brake rider. We received clearance to push back to xb and as I pushed out with wing walkers to guide the plane out pass xa and they returned to their vehicles and I continued to push to xb. I heard ground saying that you are too close to the aircraft and then I stopped. I had no idea that I had hit [another] aircraft at that time and I proceed to move forward for few feet and a technician came out and yelled at me and said 'stop and hold it right there'. I thought that he was upset with me because I was getting too close to their aircraft and didn't realize that I had made contact with the aircraft and damaged their tail. I wouldn't leave the incident if I would have known that I hit another aircraft. I had a little confusion because the technician told me to hold and then the brake rider told me to move to spot xb so I moved to spot xb and waited for the brake rider to contact ground.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Boeing 737 Maintenance Technicians reported that the aircraft that was being pushed back made contact with a parked aircraft.
Narrative: I was the tow driver for [the aircraft at the gate] to tow to the maintenance facility. Mechanic A was the brake rider. We received clearance to push back to XB and as I pushed out with wing walkers to guide the plane out pass XA and they returned to their vehicles and I continued to push to XB. I heard Ground saying that you are too close to the aircraft and then I stopped. I had no idea that I had hit [another] aircraft at that time and I proceed to move forward for few feet and a technician came out and yelled at me and said 'STOP AND HOLD IT RIGHT THERE'. I thought that he was upset with me because I was getting too close to their aircraft and didn't realize that I had made contact with the aircraft and damaged their tail. I wouldn't leave the incident if I would have known that I hit another aircraft. I had a little confusion because the technician told me to hold and then the brake rider told me to move to spot XB so I moved to spot XB and waited for the brake rider to contact ground.
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.