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A maintenance person reported that a move crew towed an aircraft into a gate without marshalers and nearly clipped the wingtip of an adjacent aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1566147 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The move team was bringing in aircraft X and didn't even notice that they nearly clipped the wing tip on aircraft Y. They left without noticing their error. When the move team brings in an aircraft to the gate; they are not required to have wing walkers but when maintenance brings in an aircraft; ramp comes out and guides the plane in and has wing walkers. The mechanics are the most experienced to move aircraft since we have been doing it for many years. The reason why it was given to ramp was the cost to move. If a mechanic moves an aircraft; we are required to have one man in the cockpit; one on each wing; a tractor driver and guide man and one more at the tail. Supposedly too costly for us doing it. Now the move team does it with two people and no guide man.I don't have a solution because someone over rode; the way maintenance moves aircraft to a cheaper way not considering the safety factor. Give it back to the mechanics since their way of moving aircraft is safer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A maintenance person reported that a move crew towed an aircraft into a gate without marshalers and nearly clipped the wingtip of an adjacent aircraft.
Narrative: The move team was bringing in Aircraft X and didn't even notice that they nearly clipped the wing tip on Aircraft Y. They left without noticing their error. When the move team brings in an aircraft to the gate; they are not required to have wing walkers but when maintenance brings in an aircraft; ramp comes out and guides the plane in and has wing walkers. The mechanics are the most experienced to move aircraft since we have been doing it for many years. The reason why it was given to ramp was the cost to move. If a mechanic moves an aircraft; we are required to have one man in the cockpit; one on each wing; a tractor driver and guide man and one more at the tail. Supposedly too costly for us doing it. Now the move team does it with two people and no guide man.I don't have a solution because someone over rode; the way maintenance moves aircraft to a cheaper way not considering the safety factor. Give it back to the mechanics since their way of moving aircraft is safer.
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.