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Air carrier light transport aircraft fell on it's tail due to improper unloading of the passenger causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 221935 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199209 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 10300 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 221935 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 222140 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft departed from a city in the northern route structure of the system. Aircraft loaded within weight pod center of gravity limits, and without incident the aircraft was flown to msp international airport. When aircraft was parked on the ramp, the crew requested to have the rear tail stand put on before aircraft was unloaded. Before the tail stand was put in place the passengers were told by ramp personnel to deplane. As they did, and as half the passenger were off the aircraft, the aircraft sat down on it's tail, causing structural damage to the aircraft's rear fuselage. There was no injury to passenger or employees. Supplemental information from acn 222140. Ramp personnel was unable to open cargo door to gain access to the tail stand, they then chose to deplane the passenger without the tail stand.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LTT ACFT FELL ON IT'S TAIL DUE TO IMPROPER UNLOADING OF THE PAX CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.
Narrative: ACFT DEPARTED FROM A CITY IN THE NORTHERN RTE STRUCTURE OF THE SYS. ACFT LOADED WITHIN WT POD CTR OF GRAVITY LIMITS, AND WITHOUT INCIDENT THE ACFT WAS FLOWN TO MSP INTL ARPT. WHEN ACFT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP, THE CREW REQUESTED TO HAVE THE REAR TAIL STAND PUT ON BEFORE ACFT WAS UNLOADED. BEFORE THE TAIL STAND WAS PUT IN PLACE THE PAXS WERE TOLD BY RAMP PERSONNEL TO DEPLANE. AS THEY DID, AND AS HALF THE PAX WERE OFF THE ACFT, THE ACFT SAT DOWN ON IT'S TAIL, CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT'S REAR FUSELAGE. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO PAX OR EMPLOYEES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 222140. RAMP PERSONNEL WAS UNABLE TO OPEN CARGO DOOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE TAIL STAND, THEY THEN CHOSE TO DEPLANE THE PAX WITHOUT THE TAIL STAND.
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.