 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Ground employee reported a near collision while towing an aircraft when a maintenance supervisor in a pickup truck suddenly pulled in front of them.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1613618 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Vehicle Driver |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
Narrative:
We were towing aircraft X into the service ramp per assignment when maintenance supervisor drove a pickup truck right in front of us [with the] intention to stop us; because according to him that was a wrong parking assignment. [He] came only couple of feet from hitting number two engine. We were going walking speed and still had hard time stopping due to the snow-covered ice on the ground when he suddenly pulled up in front of us.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ground employee reported a near collision while towing an aircraft when a Maintenance Supervisor in a pickup truck suddenly pulled in front of them.
Narrative: We were towing Aircraft X into the Service Ramp per assignment when Maintenance Supervisor drove a pickup truck right in front of us [with the] intention to stop us; because according to him that was a wrong parking assignment. [He] came only couple of feet from hitting number two engine. We were going walking speed and still had hard time stopping due to the snow-covered ice on the ground when he suddenly pulled up in front of us.
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.