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Flight crew of large transport taxiing into parking area at mke right wing tip hit ground equipment parking in abnormal position because of construction in the ramp area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 159957 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199010 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mke |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : atl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 159597 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 159965 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Heavy rain, taxiing in on very wide ramp. No visible taxi line. Gave wide berth to aircraft on adjacent gate. Making turn into gate wing tip struck cargo loader. Supplemental information from acn 259965: ground equipment was parked in a position that could cause this to happen--construction in area. Loader appeared to be clear, but had another 40 yrs behind it where it would have been well clear. While watching guide man (wing walker) and aiding captain in parking we struck a parked loader with our right wing tip lens cover. We were unaware of any contact until flight engineer did his walk-around.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF LGT TAXIING INTO PARKING AREA AT MKE RIGHT WING TIP HIT GND EQUIPMENT PARKING IN ABNORMAL POSITION BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE RAMP AREA.
Narrative: HEAVY RAIN, TAXIING IN ON VERY WIDE RAMP. NO VISIBLE TAXI LINE. GAVE WIDE BERTH TO ACFT ON ADJACENT GATE. MAKING TURN INTO GATE WING TIP STRUCK CARGO LOADER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 259965: GND EQUIP WAS PARKED IN A POS THAT COULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN--CONSTRUCTION IN AREA. LOADER APPEARED TO BE CLR, BUT HAD ANOTHER 40 YRS BEHIND IT WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WELL CLR. WHILE WATCHING GUIDE MAN (WING WALKER) AND AIDING CAPT IN PARKING WE STRUCK A PARKED LOADER WITH OUR RIGHT WING TIP LENS COVER. WE WERE UNAWARE OF ANY CONTACT UNTIL FE DID HIS WALK-AROUND.
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.