Air carrier commuter hits pickup truck parked out of sight under nose of aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	180685
Time
Date	199106
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dtw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3000
ASRS Report	180685
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On 6/sun/91, at approximately XXXX local time on the parking ramp at jfk, an light transport made contact with a company owned pickup truck. The captain of the aircraft had started the right engine and had asked the ramp personnel to remove a ground power unit. The ramp agent was being assisted by another agent in a pickup truck to remove the gpu. The truck parked perpendicular to the aircraft just below the nose. The captain, after seeing gpu indications in the cockpit showing disconnection, signaled the agent to start the left engine. After starting the engine and completing the after start checklist, the captain flashed the landing lights to begin taxiing and released the parking brake. The aircraft began to roll forward and after rolling approximately 1', the aircraft struck the pickup truck that was still parked under the nose of the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR COMMUTER HITS PICKUP TRUCK PARKED OUT OF SIGHT UNDER NOSE OF ACFT.

Narrative: ON 6/SUN/91, AT APPROX XXXX LCL TIME ON THE PARKING RAMP AT JFK, AN LTT MADE CONTACT WITH A COMPANY OWNED PICKUP TRUCK. THE CAPT OF THE ACFT HAD STARTED THE RIGHT ENG AND HAD ASKED THE RAMP PERSONNEL TO REMOVE A GND PWR UNIT. THE RAMP AGENT WAS BEING ASSISTED BY ANOTHER AGENT IN A PICKUP TRUCK TO REMOVE THE GPU. THE TRUCK PARKED PERPENDICULAR TO THE ACFT JUST BELOW THE NOSE. THE CAPT, AFTER SEEING GPU INDICATIONS IN THE COCKPIT SHOWING DISCONNECTION, SIGNALED THE AGENT TO START THE LEFT ENG. AFTER STARTING THE ENG AND COMPLETING THE AFTER START CHKLIST, THE CAPT FLASHED THE LNDG LIGHTS TO BEGIN TAXIING AND RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE. THE ACFT BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD AND AFTER ROLLING APPROX 1', THE ACFT STRUCK THE PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS STILL PARKED UNDER THE NOSE OF THE ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.