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A widebody transport air carrier had a slight taxi accident. Their wingtip hit a building in the gate area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 213677 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199206 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 34 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1519 |
| ASRS Report | 213677 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 6700 flight time type : 220 |
| ASRS Report | 213915 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On taxi-in to gate, we followed the 2 guide persons' (initial guidance with 1 person who then turned control over to a second party) exact instructions into the parking spot. On making the hard turn into the parking spot, the left wingtip contacted the corner of a low out building near the ramp. None of the guide persons or wing walkers observed the wing contact the building. Recommend that aircraft be towed into these international gates with additional training given to those charged with wing walking or guidance responsibilities. Supplemental information from acn 213915: night was dark and humid so mist had formed upon unheated portions of cockpit windows which reduced our vision. Taxi light was turned off so as to not blind ground personnel. The left wing struck the building doing quite major non-structural damage. The wingtips cannot be seen from the cockpit without opening a large window. Question is, at what time or place does the ground flag persons assume control of the aircraft? Supplemental information from acn 214444: ground handler diligence, better taxiway markings, and crew briefing of this area will prevent further mishaps.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A WDB ACR HAD A SLIGHT TAXI ACCIDENT. THEIR WINGTIP HIT A BUILDING IN THE GATE AREA.
Narrative: ON TAXI-IN TO GATE, WE FOLLOWED THE 2 GUIDE PERSONS' (INITIAL GUIDANCE WITH 1 PERSON WHO THEN TURNED CTL OVER TO A SECOND PARTY) EXACT INSTRUCTIONS INTO THE PARKING SPOT. ON MAKING THE HARD TURN INTO THE PARKING SPOT, THE L WINGTIP CONTACTED THE CORNER OF A LOW OUT BUILDING NEAR THE RAMP. NONE OF THE GUIDE PERSONS OR WING WALKERS OBSERVED THE WING CONTACT THE BUILDING. RECOMMEND THAT ACFT BE TOWED INTO THESE INTL GATES WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING GIVEN TO THOSE CHARGED WITH WING WALKING OR GUIDANCE RESPONSIBILITIES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 213915: NIGHT WAS DARK AND HUMID SO MIST HAD FORMED UPON UNHEATED PORTIONS OF COCKPIT WINDOWS WHICH REDUCED OUR VISION. TAXI LIGHT WAS TURNED OFF SO AS TO NOT BLIND GND PERSONNEL. THE L WING STRUCK THE BUILDING DOING QUITE MAJOR NON-STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE WINGTIPS CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE COCKPIT WITHOUT OPENING A LARGE WINDOW. QUESTION IS, AT WHAT TIME OR PLACE DOES THE GND FLAG PERSONS ASSUME CTL OF THE ACFT? SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 214444: GND HANDLER DILIGENCE, BETTER TAXIWAY MARKINGS, AND CREW BRIEFING OF THIS AREA WILL PREVENT FURTHER MISHAPS.
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.