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Ground crew reported company mechanics pushing back an aircraft without wing-walkers that came close to touching the reporter's aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1685426 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SFO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
My partner and I are [company] employees who finished securing aircraft X on gate xx. We were about to call for deadhead when my partner noticed that the wing of aircraft Y; being pushed out by [company] from gate xy; was coming very close to our aircraft's tail and number 1 side rear stabilizer. I got out of our supertug to signal an 'X' with my arms (to stop the aircraft); but the pushback driver did not stop. Only after my partner called ramp to tell the pilots to stop the pushback process did the mechanics stop the push. The pushback driver stopped the push for a brief period of time before continuing and finishing the push. There were also no wing-walkers utilized during the pushback of aircraft Y by [company].
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ground Crew reported company mechanics pushing back an aircraft without wing-walkers that came close to touching the reporter's aircraft.
Narrative: My partner and I are [company] employees who finished securing Aircraft X on Gate XX. We were about to call for deadhead when my partner noticed that the wing of Aircraft Y; being pushed out by [company] from Gate XY; was coming very close to our aircraft's tail and Number 1 side rear stabilizer. I got out of our Supertug to signal an 'X' with my arms (to stop the aircraft); but the pushback driver did not stop. Only after my partner called Ramp to tell the pilots to stop the pushback process did the mechanics stop the push. The pushback driver stopped the push for a brief period of time before continuing and finishing the push. There were also no wing-walkers utilized during the pushback of Aircraft Y by [company].
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.