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B767 captain reported having to jump away from a moving trailer to avoid being injured during normal pre-flight walk around.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1676040 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAH.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle |
Narrative:
The inbound flight arrived late; and the ramp crew was in a rush to turn the airplane for its next flight. I was conducting an external walkaround; wearing my reflective vest and holding an illuminated flashlight. As I was walking by the right rear fuselage; a tug driver accelerated without looking and almost rolled a trailer over me. Luckily I can still jump; and I vertically cleared the trailer; in retrospect that was sorta neat. Other rampers started screaming and the tug driver hit the brakes. Nothing happened; but being run over by a tug/trailer can get pretty serious. This could have been really bad. Slow down and look around.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 Captain reported having to jump away from a moving trailer to avoid being injured during normal pre-flight walk around.
Narrative: The inbound flight arrived late; and the ramp crew was in a rush to turn the airplane for its next flight. I was conducting an external walkaround; wearing my reflective vest and holding an illuminated flashlight. As I was walking by the right rear fuselage; a tug driver accelerated without looking and almost rolled a trailer over me. Luckily I can still jump; and I vertically cleared the trailer; in retrospect that was sorta neat. Other rampers started screaming and the tug driver hit the brakes. Nothing happened; but being run over by a tug/trailer can get pretty serious. This could have been really bad. Slow down and look around.
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.