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#2 nacelle or air carrier medium large transport strikes improperly parked ground vehicle during 'self park' in ramp operation aircraft parking procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 218686 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199208 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked 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 : 17000 |
| ASRS Report | 218686 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
The #2 engine nacelle hit a parked municiple truck. The truck was parked partially over the white safety line which was not recognizable to me as I 'self parked' the aircraft (i.e., no marshalling is required at pit gate). No one was injured. Dent and scrape was checked by maintenance personnel and noted by me in logbook -- signed off as 'well within FAA tolerances.' no interruption to scedule. I think contributing factors include: ramp is typically cluttered with ground equipment. Recognition of encroachment is difficult due to parallax -- diurnal time problem (west coast crew in east coast time frame/crew hotel departure time in clt was PM40 PDT. I got up at PM50 PDT). Truck had flat bed with low grate. I did not see a problem. Suggest narrow white safety line could be repainted with yellow double hashes or something that looks more like a safety line. Educate municiple truck drivers where to park. Use marshalling. Wing walkers versus self airport ramps.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: #2 NACELLE OR ACR MLG STRIKES IMPROPERLY PARKED GND VEHICLE DURING 'SELF PARK' IN RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC.
Narrative: THE #2 ENG NACELLE HIT A PARKED MUNICIPLE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED PARTIALLY OVER THE WHITE SAFETY LINE WHICH WAS NOT RECOGNIZABLE TO ME AS I 'SELF PARKED' THE ACFT (I.E., NO MARSHALLING IS REQUIRED AT PIT GATE). NO ONE WAS INJURED. DENT AND SCRAPE WAS CHKED BY MAINT PERSONNEL AND NOTED BY ME IN LOGBOOK -- SIGNED OFF AS 'WELL WITHIN FAA TOLERANCES.' NO INTERRUPTION TO SCEDULE. I THINK CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE: RAMP IS TYPICALLY CLUTTERED WITH GND EQUIP. RECOGNITION OF ENCROACHMENT IS DIFFICULT DUE TO PARALLAX -- DIURNAL TIME PROBLEM (W COAST CREW IN E COAST TIME FRAME/CREW HOTEL DEP TIME IN CLT WAS PM40 PDT. I GOT UP AT PM50 PDT). TRUCK HAD FLAT BED WITH LOW GRATE. I DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM. SUGGEST NARROW WHITE SAFETY LINE COULD BE REPAINTED WITH YELLOW DOUBLE HASHES OR SOMETHING THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE A SAFETY LINE. EDUCATE MUNICIPLE TRUCK DRIVERS WHERE TO PARK. USE MARSHALLING. WING WALKERS VERSUS SELF ARPT RAMPS.
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.