Carelessness causes tire damage when widebody transport taxies into a tow bar on the ramp.

Attributes
ACN	238218
Time
Date	199304
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
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, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	238218
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other
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	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Approaching gate in atlanta, I became distracted and overshot the appropriate parking line for our aircraft. Our nose tires made contact with the tow bar and there was tire damage. Possible distrs: a last min gate change, extremely sensitive brakes, possible preoccupation with the green lateral guidance indicator and fatigue as a long duty day was approaching its conclusion. There was also considerable activity visible through the terminal windows.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CARELESSNESS CAUSES TIRE DAMAGE WHEN WDB TAXIES INTO A TOW BAR ON THE RAMP.

Narrative: APCHING GATE IN ATLANTA, I BECAME DISTRACTED AND OVERSHOT THE APPROPRIATE PARKING LINE FOR OUR ACFT. OUR NOSE TIRES MADE CONTACT WITH THE TOW BAR AND THERE WAS TIRE DAMAGE. POSSIBLE DISTRS: A LAST MIN GATE CHANGE, EXTREMELY SENSITIVE BRAKES, POSSIBLE PREOCCUPATION WITH THE GREEN LATERAL GUIDANCE INDICATOR AND FATIGUE AS A LONG DUTY DAY WAS APCHING ITS CONCLUSION. THERE WAS ALSO CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY VISIBLE THROUGH THE TERMINAL WINDOWS.

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.