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B777 captain reported that the aircraft hit another aircraft on an adjacent gate on pushback due to the pushback crew's failure to judge the distance between the two aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1616916 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 14000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 14000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft |
Narrative:
During push back from [the] gate; the tug stopped and driver advised us that our left wing may have contacted the wing of the aircraft on [the adjacent gate].
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 Captain reported that the aircraft hit another aircraft on an adjacent gate on pushback due to the pushback crew's failure to judge the distance between the two aircraft.
Narrative: During push back from [the] gate; the tug stopped and driver advised us that our left wing may have contacted the wing of the aircraft on [the adjacent gate].
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.