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Tug driver reported confusion and loss of sight of wing walkers resulting in a collision with another aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1675479 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201907 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp Vehicle Driver |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft |
Narrative:
After ramp was loaded I communicated to pilot was ready to push. Pilot said brake release clear to push to 6A and double confirmed if 6A is ok I said yes and is clear for push. As I was pushing the plane. Suddenly the move team with [another airline] passed by without noticing we were at 6A. So I stopped the plane; move team was right on our path and stopped for gate acceptance. At this moment pilot decided to change from a to centerline. He confirmed with tower and relay back to me and he said after the [other airline] passed and got into its gate safely brake release and clear to push. As I was pushing forward and angling the plane; wing walker 2 was not visible so I stopped and decided to pull back the plane to the 6 centerline. As I started to move back a stop signal from [other airline crew] said I hit the plane. The [other airline] crew gave the signal stopped after the accident already happened. When I looked back wing walker 2 was halfway towards 6 centerline. Wing walker 1 was by wing side guiding.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Tug Driver reported confusion and loss of sight of wing walkers resulting in a collision with another aircraft.
Narrative: After ramp was loaded I communicated to Pilot was ready to push. Pilot said brake release clear to push to 6A and double confirmed if 6A is ok I said yes and is clear for push. As I was pushing the plane. Suddenly the move team with [another airline] passed by without noticing we were at 6A. So I stopped the plane; move team was right on our path and stopped for gate acceptance. At this moment pilot decided to change from A to centerline. He confirmed with Tower and relay back to me and he said after the [other airline] passed and got into its gate safely brake release and clear to push. As I was pushing forward and angling the plane; Wing Walker 2 was not visible so I stopped and decided to pull back the plane to the 6 centerline. As I started to move back a stop signal from [Other Airline Crew] said I hit the plane. The [other airline] crew gave the signal stopped after the accident already happened. When I looked back Wing Walker 2 was halfway towards 6 centerline. Wing Walker 1 was by wing side guiding.
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.