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Baggage cart was jet blasted into an light transport aircraft parked at an adjacent gate during parking of a widebody transport air carrier aircraft causing damage to the radome of the light transport aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 237246 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199303 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 155 flight time total : 21284 flight time type : 625 |
| ASRS Report | 237246 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Landed at sfo runway 28R, turned off on high speed taxiway, used runway 28L to taxiway K to inner taxiway. Turned right on inner followed by left turn to lead-in line for gate. Engines #2 and #3 shut down. Aircraft weight 505000 pounds, ramp wet, wind light. Gate accu-park lights on and ramp area clear. Engines #1 and #4 at idle power from time lead-in intercepted to stop point. Aircraft was continuously moving to stop point. Brakes set, #4 engine shut down, ground power plugged in after about 1 min and #1 engine shut down. I took about 15 mins to leave aircraft and wasn't notified of any ramp problem. About 2 hours later, operations notified me by phone that a baggage cart behind our aircraft was moved by our jet blast and rolled into an aircraft parked at gate, damaging the radome. From statements of ramp personnel, baggage cart brakes didn't work and cart was not in proper parking area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BAGGAGE CART WAS JET BLASTED INTO AN LTT ACFT PARKED AT AN ADJACENT GATE DURING PARKING OF A WDB ACR ACFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RADOME OF THE LTT ACFT.
Narrative: LANDED AT SFO RWY 28R, TURNED OFF ON HIGH SPD TXWY, USED RWY 28L TO TXWY K TO INNER TXWY. TURNED R ON INNER FOLLOWED BY L TURN TO LEAD-IN LINE FOR GATE. ENGS #2 AND #3 SHUT DOWN. ACFT WT 505000 LBS, RAMP WET, WIND LIGHT. GATE ACCU-PARK LIGHTS ON AND RAMP AREA CLR. ENGS #1 AND #4 AT IDLE PWR FROM TIME LEAD-IN INTERCEPTED TO STOP POINT. ACFT WAS CONTINUOUSLY MOVING TO STOP POINT. BRAKES SET, #4 ENG SHUT DOWN, GND PWR PLUGGED IN AFTER ABOUT 1 MIN AND #1 ENG SHUT DOWN. I TOOK ABOUT 15 MINS TO LEAVE ACFT AND WASN'T NOTIFIED OF ANY RAMP PROB. ABOUT 2 HRS LATER, OPS NOTIFIED ME BY PHONE THAT A BAGGAGE CART BEHIND OUR ACFT WAS MOVED BY OUR JET BLAST AND ROLLED INTO AN ACFT PARKED AT GATE, DAMAGING THE RADOME. FROM STATEMENTS OF RAMP PERSONNEL, BAGGAGE CART BRAKES DIDN'T WORK AND CART WAS NOT IN PROPER PARKING AREA.
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.