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B737-800 flight crew reported ramp agent alerted them that they struck a jet blast fence during pushback.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1601009 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 553 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
We had just finished pushing from the gate. We were about to taxi out when a ramp agent knocked on the nose of the aircraft and motioned us not to taxi. We had no idea what the issue was and watched as he brought a tug back to the aircraft and plugged in a headset. He told us that he was passing by on another tug and saw us getting pushed back into the blast fence. Our own push crew didn't even notice it. We pulled back into the gate and had the aircraft inspected. Maintenance and ground crews noticed a dent in the APU exhaust.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 flight crew reported Ramp Agent alerted them that they struck a jet blast fence during pushback.
Narrative: We had just finished pushing from the gate. We were about to taxi out when a Ramp Agent knocked on the nose of the aircraft and motioned us not to taxi. We had no idea what the issue was and watched as he brought a tug back to the aircraft and plugged in a headset. He told us that he was passing by on another tug and saw us getting pushed back into the blast fence. Our own push crew didn't even notice it. We pulled back into the gate and had the aircraft inspected. Maintenance and ground crews noticed a dent in the APU exhaust.
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.