<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1694529, October 2019

Ground personnel reported shear pins breaking on tow bar; resulting in the aircraft striking a parked vehicle.

Attributes
ACN	1694529
Time
Date	201910
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

Narrative:

While moving [an] aircraft; the shear pin broke when the main gear struck the steel plates they rested on. Upon removing the tow bar; the push back began backing slowly to reposition and struck the cleaning van that had parked behind it. The aircraft beacons were on because we had not completed the move.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Ground Personnel reported shear pins breaking on tow bar; resulting in the aircraft striking a parked vehicle.

Narrative: While moving [an] aircraft; the shear pin broke when the main gear struck the steel plates they rested on. Upon removing the tow bar; the push back began backing slowly to reposition and struck the cleaning van that had parked behind it. The aircraft beacons were on because we had not completed the move.

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.